What does TOOTHLESS mean?

Definitions for TOOTHLESS
ˈtuθ lɪstooth·less

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. toothlessadjective

    lacking teeth

    "most birds are toothless"; "a toothless old crone"

  2. toothlessadjective

    lacking necessary force for effectiveness

    "a toothless piece of legislation"

Wiktionary

  1. toothlessadjective

    Having no teeth.

    a toothless old man

  2. toothlessadjective

    Weak, having no capability of enforcing something.

    The treaty was toothless in combatting climate change.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Toothlessadjective

    having no teeth

Wikidata

  1. Toothless

    Toothless is a 1997 children's fantasy television movie that first aired as part of The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of TOOTHLESS in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of TOOTHLESS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of TOOTHLESS in a Sentence

  1. Karthik Ganapathy:

    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.

  2. Ortiz David:

    The long toothless beak may have served well for swallowing smaller prey items whole much as pelicans do.

  3. Daniel Okrent:

    By the middle 1930s, it was a toothless organization.

  4. Claude Pepper:

    I' tired of old people being labeled as worthless,useless,toothless and sexless

  5. 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.

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