Meanings
adjectivecarpless (not comparable)
- not comparableLacking or without carp, especially of a body of water.
The result was a stampede to some carpless hole, and a great deal of bitterness.
1995, Tom Fort, The Far from Compleat Angler, Merlin Unwin Books, →ISBN, page 1942 more examples
He looked out his window at the little bougainvillea-covered courtyard and murky, carpless pond.
2002, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Standard Deviations: Growing Up and Coming Down in the New Asia, →ISBN, page 155I was now fighting the fish on a hand line from 2ft away, and shortly after the hook popped out! I trudged back to my bivvy, drenched, carpless and bloody freezing. It was time to go home.
2015, Ali Hamidi, The Carpers' High, →ISBN, page 177
Origin
- Englishcarp
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishcarpless
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APA
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MLA
“carpless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carpless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpless.
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