disembodied

British  

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪd /

adjective

1. lacking a body or freed from the body; incorporeal

2. lacking in substance, solidity, or any firm relation to reality

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Example Sentences

By the end of the book, the reader appreciates even better how misleading it is to think of cellphone calls and the internet as a whole as occurring in an abstract elsewhere, a disembodied cyberspace.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the shadows she looked like a disembodied head.

From Literature

First comes the warning, that disembodied voice over the tannoy: "Your attention please. Air siren in the city. Please move to the shelter on the minus second floor."

From BBC

I recoiled when the Wizard’s disembodied head loomed above.

From Los Angeles Times

And in a perfect casting move, Christopher Lloyd, who played Fester in the film, appears as a disembodied head in a jar who teaches at the academy.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• ghostly