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
“Foot ferries” or “water taxis” have a reliable on-time track record, and make it much easier to go carless and get where we are going using public transit.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023
The carless are people who either can’t afford or don’t have access to a car for other reasons.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023
He said the new flyover would also ease traffic, though it was unclear whether this should matter to people who are largely carless and rarely travel beyond the neighborhood.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2022
Having made Satyaki carless, that mighty car-warrior, the ruler of the Madras, struck him with a hundred arrows from every side.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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