leaderless

English

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Etymology

From leader +‎ -less.

Adjective

leaderless (comparative more leaderless, superlative most leaderless)

1. Without a person providing direction.
   • 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3:

     But doing nothing is not an option. Our railway has been drifting, leaderless, for a couple of years. Sunak should also ponder as he panders.

2. Without a thing serving as leader.

Derived terms

• leaderlessly
• leaderlessness

Translations

without a person providing direction

German: führungslos (de) Middle English: lordles Spanish: acéfalo (es) m, descabezado (es) m Vietnamese: không có lãnh đạo

without a thing serving as leader

German: führungslos (de)