headless

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Synonyms: heedless, heatless, leadless, headress, hapless, heartless, fearless, endless, helpless, seamless, headdress

Antonyms: heedless, heatless, leadless, headress, hapless, heartless, fearless, endless, helpless, seamless, headdress

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Adjective

1. Without a [[head]] (body part).
2. Without a head (hardware or device feature).
3. Without [[leadership]].
4. {{lb|en|linguistics|of a [[phrase]] or [[w:Compound (linguistics)|compound]]}} Not having a head [[morpheme]] or [[word]].
5. {{lb|en|computing}} Running without a [[graphical user interface]]; running without any attached [[output device]] (e.g., [[monitor]]) or [[input device]] (e.g., [[keyboard]], [[mouse]]).
6. {{lb|en|of beer}} Without a [[head]] of foam.
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[heedless|Heedless]].
8. {{lb|en|obsolete|firearms}} [[rimless|Rimless]], not having a cartridge case rim ([[flange]]).

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