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  • adjective Without a coach (vehicle).

Etymologies

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coach +‎ -less

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Examples

  • Now one of the other coaches has dropped out, leaving one squad coachless.

    Archive 2006-11-01 2006

  • Now one of the other coaches has dropped out, leaving one squad coachless.

    Eek! 2006

  • One afternoon after manager Robert Payne was ejected, a fight broke out among the coachless players over playing time.

    Baseball in Lynchburg 1995

  • Richard Seymour led some three dozen of his Raiders teammates through a week's worth of detailed workouts in suburban Atlanta, but other teams with new coaches weren't really able to hold what amounted to coachless minicamps during the lockout like Drew Brees did with the New Orleans Saints.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Eade's departure may be of intetrest to coachless Melbourne Demons and Adelaide Crows.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Lavin was fired at UCLA mostly for running out of lives after eight years, and after, the usual round of snickering was guaranteed a coachless future by many of the same analysts.

    Sports News : CBSSports.com 2010

  • The Broncos didn't have a coach was fired at the end of the 2008 season, and the owner didn't hire another coach to take his place ... and rumor has it that the Broncos will be coachless for a few seasons to come, sooooooo, looks like I won't be watching any Super Bowls for a long, long time.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • Velez Sarsfield went top of the Argentine championship on Sunday by winning 1-0 at coachless San Lorenzo, who were insulted by their fans throughout the game.

    ESPNsoccernet 2009

  • The true victims were the players who had to endure Doyon's harsh coaching style (my toned down version) and who were coachless during the district playoffs because of Doyon's suspension, losing a deciding final game 16-14 keeping Battle Mountain from its first volleyball trip to the 4A regionals.

    The Vail Trail - All Sections 2009

  • Not just to watch the bowls on television, as Notre Dame announced that it would do while in its coachless funk, but to quit altogether.

    The Athens NEWS :: Athens, Ohio's only locally-owned newspaper :: Home 2009

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