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headless

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head·less  (hdls)
adj.
1.
a. Formed without a head.
b. Decapitated.
2. Lacking a leader or director.
3. Lacking intelligence and prudence; stupid or foolish.

headless·ness n.

headless [ˈhɛdlɪs]
adj
1. without a head
2. without a leader
3. foolish or stupid
4. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody another word for catalectic
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.headless - not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails"
headed - having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination; "headed bolts"; "three-headed Cerberus"; "a cool-headed fighter pilot"
2.headless - not using intelligence
unintelligent, stupid - lacking intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers"
Translations
headless [ˈhedlɪs] ADJ (lit) [body] → sin cabeza; (= leaderless) → acéfalo
to run around like a headless chicken (Brit) → ir dando palos de ciego, ir de acá para allá sin saber qué hacer
headless [ˈhɛdləs] adj [person, animal] → sans tête
head lice nplpoux mpl


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Their beautiful bodies seemed identical with those of the headless creatures among which they moved, but the newcomers were not headless.
The vast white headless phantom floats further and further from the ship, and every rod that it so floats, what seem square roods of sharks and cubic roods of fowls, augment the murderous din.
The head couldn't see the body with either pair of its eyes, because the dog was in the way, so the headless Scoodler stumbled around over the rocks and tripped on them more than once in its effort to regain its top.
 
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