poleless

/ˈpoʊl.ləs/
adjective
  1. Without a pole or poles; lacking a long, slender piece of wood, metal, or other material.
    • The old flagpole had fallen, leaving the flagpole socket poleless.
    • She preferred a poleless fishing net that could be thrown by hand.
    • The tent was poleless, so we had to use trees to hold it up.
  2. Having no magnetic or electrical poles; not polarized.
    • A poleless battery would not have a positive or negative terminal.
    • The scientist studied a poleless magnet that had no north or south end.
    • In this theoretical model, the particle is poleless and evenly charged.
  3. Lacking a central point of reference or opposition; without extremes or polarity.
    • The story had a poleless plot with no clear hero or villain.
    • His political views were poleless, floating somewhere in the middle.
    • The debate became poleless when both sides agreed on every point.