presidentless

English

Etymology

president +‎ -less

Adjective

presidentless (not comparable)

1. Without a president.
   • 2008, M. Kent Bolton, U.S. National Security and Foreign Policymaking After 9/11:

     Reagan's presidentless, NSC-less policymaking model endured through most of his two terms in office.

   • 2009, George Athan Billias, American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989:

     The new system was designed as a compromise between the presidentless republic of 1920 and the presidential republic called for in the 1934 constitution.

   • 2014, Ansel Hatch, More About the Presidents Than You Ever Wanted to Know:

     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 […]

Synonyms

• president-free