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toothless

[ tooth-lis ]

adjective

  1. lacking teeth. tooth.
  2. without a serrated edge, as a saw.
  3. lacking in force or sharpness; dull; ineffectual:

    a toothless argument.



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Other Word Forms

  • ٴǴdzٳl· adverb
  • ٴǴdzٳl·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of toothless1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; tooth, -less
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Regulation had been "weak and toothless" with no accountability, said Environment Secretary Steve Reed.

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Eating the rich has never been quite so putrid a task as watching “Death of a Unicorn,” a truly toothless satire that I’d struggle to even deem “half-baked.”

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Labour MP Fabian Hamilton says the OPG can be "toothless" for vulnerable elderly people and their families.

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I looked at pictures we’d taken at Eaton Canyon on New Year’s Day, a week before the fire: Our baby wrapped against my chest smiling her toothless grin; my feet planted in the stream.

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She remembered how the little girl's "beautiful toothless smile brightened up the darkest days".

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