carless
Americanadjective
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without a car; not possessing or having use of a car.
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free of or lacking cars.
Other Word Forms
- carlessness noun
Example Sentences
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Beyond it, a hiker or snowshoer finds several miles of carless, unplowed path, with mountains rising to your left and half-frozen Rush Creek and Silver Lake to the right.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
A: There are people who are car-free and those who are carless.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023
Accounts of popular “vanlifers,” as they are known, are an infinite reservoir of gorgeous, unpeopled scenery previously encountered only in desktop backgrounds: sunrise canyons, sunset oceans, high-noon highways that stretch on, carless, forever.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022
Going carless isn't an option for Mandy, but she is trying to use it less.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2022
Arriving carless in California, Atmananda thought about continuing his career as a college professor.
From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Laxer, Mark Eliot
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