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The correct spelling is whipless.

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adjective

Say it like: Wip-les-s

The correct spelling is whipless. (political, of an MP) Having been deprived of party membership as a disciplinary measure, or having relinquished membership, and often not voting to support party policy. For example: "... spectacle of Conservative Euro-rebels delighting in their disgrace and flaunting their whipless condition, rather than being sad and ashamed of what has happened. (Hansard, 24 Feb 1995)."

Usage Examples

... spectacle of Conservative Euro-rebels delighting in their disgrace and flaunting their whipless condition, rather than being sad and ashamed of what has happened. (Hansard, 24 Feb 1995).

Definition

adjective

  1. 1.(political, of an MP) Having been deprived of party membership as a disciplinary measure, or having relinquished membership, and often not voting to support party policy.
  2. 2.(informal, of coffee) Without whipped cream.
  3. 3.Without a whip (as in horse racing).
  4. 4.(of an antenna) Concealed, with no visible aerial.
  5. 5.Designed so as to avoid a lash rebound like a whip.

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