Without a doge; lacking leadership or rule by a doge, or lacking the characteristics associated with a doge.
From 'doge' + '-less' (Old English suffix meaning 'without'). The formation follows standard English patterns for creating negative adjectives.
A city or state being 'dogeless' would be like a corporation without a CEO—there's a vacuum of leadership that usually needs to be filled quickly or chaos erupts.
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