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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Back then, residents of the burgeoning Los Angeles area had no idea a merciless killer was lurking in their midst until Feb. 2, 1928, when the headless, naked body of a teenage boy was found in a ditch on a dusty road near the sleepy suburb of La Puente.
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Kc Baker, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Incidents of sea mammal cruelty are not rare in California, nor is the discovery of a headless sea mammal unique.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
When all of the employee SaaS seats are turned off, enterprises will not pay the same for a headless SaaS seat with only AIs accessing the legacy data trapped inside.
—Ron Williams, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Pedestrians captured by safety cameras can be rendered as zombies onscreen, with cyclists and motorcycles appearing as headless horsemen.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
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Kc Baker, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Incidents of sea mammal cruelty are not rare in California, nor is the discovery of a headless sea mammal unique.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
When all of the employee SaaS seats are turned off, enterprises will not pay the same for a headless SaaS seat with only AIs accessing the legacy data trapped inside.
—Ron Williams, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Pedestrians captured by safety cameras can be rendered as zombies onscreen, with cyclists and motorcycles appearing as headless horsemen.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Headless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headless. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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