carless

adjective

car·​less ˈkär-ləs How to pronounce carless (audio)
: having no automobile : without a car
… she was too nervous to drive and carless in any case.—Fred Miller Robinson
In nine carless months I needed taxis on only a half dozen occasions.—Michael Kenyon
… a carnival mood prevailed as cross-country skiers, snowshoers and sightseers paraded on streets made carless by a snowfall that measured 27 inches …—Michael Knight

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That’s why Jon should reimagine Access as a carless marketing program rather than a recurring-revenue business. — Harvard Business Review, 3 Sep. 2026 Bus riders are disproportionately working-class, lower-income, and carless. — Mike Flynn, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026 For an overnight option to break up the drive, stay at the historic Grand Hotel on carless Mackinac Island. — Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026 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. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carless

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of carless was in 1907

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“Carless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carless. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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