What does toothless mean?
Definitions for toothless
ˈtuθ lɪstooth·less
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Princeton's WordNet
toothlessadjective
lacking teeth
"most birds are toothless"; "a toothless old crone"
toothlessadjective
lacking necessary force for effectiveness
"a toothless piece of legislation"
Wiktionary
toothlessadjective
Having no teeth.
a toothless old man
toothlessadjective
Weak, having no capability of enforcing something.
The treaty was toothless in combatting climate change.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Toothlessadjective
Wanting teeth; deprived of teeth.
Etymology: from tooth.
Deep-dinted wrinkles on her cheek she draws,
Sunk are her eyes, and toothless are her jaws. Dryden.They are fed with flesh minced small, having not only a sharp head and snout, but a narrow and toothless snout. John Ray.
ChatGPT
toothless
Toothless refers to a person, animal, or object that is lacking or missing teeth. It can be used metaphorically to describe something that is harmless, weak, or lacks efficacy.
Webster Dictionary
Toothlessadjective
having no teeth
Wikidata
Toothless
Toothless is a 1997 children's fantasy television movie that first aired as part of The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of toothless in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of toothless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of toothless in a Sentence
The long toothless beak may have served well for swallowing smaller prey items whole much as pelicans do.
I' tired of old people being labeled as worthless,useless,toothless and sexless
Law School professor Richard Briffault:
The executive order itself does not do anything that carries legal consequences, the( executive order) is actually pretty toothless in that all of the sections of law he invokes do not deprive the Department of Health of its power as the ultimate decision maker regarding measures necessary to inhibit the spread of communicable diseases as outlined in Section 1003.22( 3) of Florida Statutes.
Today's toothless fracking rules are just the latest sign that' one step forward, two steps back' is beginning to cement as President Obama's historical legacy on climate change.
By the middle 1930s, it was a toothless organization.
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- bezzubýCzech
- tandløsDanish
- zahnlosGerman
- φαφούτης, ξεδοντιάρης, άδοντοςGreek
- desdentadoSpanish
- hampaatonFinnish
- édentéFrench
- desdentadoGalician
- fogatlanHungarian
- impotente, sdentato, inefficaceItalian
- ᑭᒍᑎᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅInuktitut
- bedantisLithuanian
- tannløsNorwegian
- bezzębnyPolish
- desdentado, bangueloPortuguese
- беззубыйRussian
- tandlösSwedish
- dişsizTurkish
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