carless
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Without a car.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Getting back could be harder; something about one-way streets and disappearing exits and maybe late hours and a drink or two. Going there carless was a different story, you didn't have to worry about staying oriented or parking then; but there was either the subway or a ride home to negotiate."
- "Forty five per cent of carless households had a retired head […]"
- "Mr. Pence, the first sitting vice president to visit Mackinac Island, is apparently also the first government official to break with the island’s carless tradition."
Etymology
Etymology tree English car Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English carless From car + -less.