headless

adjective

head·​less ˈhed-ləs 

1

a

: having no head

b

: having the head cut off : beheaded

2

: having no chief

3

: lacking good sense or prudence : foolish

headlessness noun

Examples of headless in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This way of thinking has helped us through waves of changes in technology—from simple HTML to complex headless frameworks and from style guides to full design systems. —Goran Paun, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024

Her headless torso was discovered in Manorville in 2000. —Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024

But that wasn’t the only surprise — the mysterious headless lady’s statuesque body turned up nearby when archaeologists began to work on the site two weeks later. —Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024

Duchamp spent the last twenty years of his life working in secret on a three-dimensional tableau vivant of a naked, headless female body in a realistic landscape, a strangely disturbing image that is both a summary of his meta-retinal art and a total departure from it. —Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

headless

adjective

head·​less ˈhed-ləs 

1

: having no head

2

: having no chief

3

: lacking good sense or prudence : foolish

headlessness noun