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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An e-bike rider found her headless and limbless torso in a a gray and black rolling bag left on a Brooklyn street days later.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
The skeletons were discovered in seemingly random positions, both on top of and beside one another, and all but one were found headless.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2026
The star on the lower right-hand corner of the Summer Triangle is Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, the headless eagle.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
The two of them had been convicted of murdering their master, John Clapham, whose headless corpse was found floating in the river.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
The skeletons were discovered in seemingly random positions, both on top of and beside one another, and all but one were found headless.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2026
The star on the lower right-hand corner of the Summer Triangle is Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, the headless eagle.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
The two of them had been convicted of murdering their master, John Clapham, whose headless corpse was found floating in the river.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
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“Headless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headless. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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