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
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The headless Murnau need not roll over in his grave.
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Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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
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Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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
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“Headless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headless. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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