presidentless en · ADJ
Etymology
From president + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a president.
Reagan's presidentless, NSC-less policymaking model endured through most of his two terms in office.
2008, M. Kent Bolton, U.S. National Security and Foreign Policymaking After 9/11:The new system was designed as a compromise between the presidentless republic of 1920 and the presidential republic called for in the 1934 constitution.
2009, George Athan Billias, American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989:As noted above in respect to George Washington however, this was not the first time the country was "presidentless." The Sunday inauguration problem has repeated itself six times since Monroe […]
2014, Ansel Hatch, More About the Presidents Than You Ever Wanted to Know: