toothless

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Adjective

toothless

1. Having no teeth.

   a toothless old man

2. (figuratively) Weak; having no ability to enforce something.

   The treaty was toothless and did nothing to combat climate change.

   • Ben Jonson, The Entertainment at Althorp

     Not tell? ha! ha! I could smile / At this old and toothless wile.

Synonyms

• edentulous

Related terms

• toothlessness
• toothy
• voice of the toothless one

Translations

• French: édenté
• German: zahnlos
• Italian: sdentato
• Portuguese: banguelo, desdentado
• Russian: беззу́бый
• Spanish: desdentado, edéntulo

Translations

• Italian: inefficace, impotente
• Russian: беззу́бый

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