brain-dead

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

brain-dead

Brain-damaged in the extreme. It tends to imply terminal design failure rather than malfunction or simple stupidity.

The Jargon File

brain-dead adj.

[common] Brain-damaged in the extreme. It tends to imply terminal design failure rather than malfunction or simple stupidity. “This comm program doesn't know how to send a break — how brain-dead!”