whipless

English

Etymology

whip +‎ -less

Adjective

whipless (not comparable)

1. Without a whip (instrument for beating).
2. (politics, 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.
   • Hansard, 24 Feb 1995

     […] spectacle of Conservative Euro-rebels delighting in their disgrace and flaunting their whipless condition, rather than being sad and ashamed of what has happened.

3. (informal, of coffee) Without whipped cream.
4. (of an antenna) Concealed, with no visible aerial.
5. Designed so as to avoid a lashing rebound. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Usage notes

When qualifying a proper noun in the political sense, the adjective is often capitalised, as in Whipless Tories.