leaderless

adj — 2 senses

leaderless

adj

Etymology From leader + -less.

1

Without a person providing direction.

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.2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3:

2

Without a thing serving as leader.

Derived terms: leaderlessly, leaderlessness

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