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Toothless
toothless
1. You use toothless to describe a person or their smile when they have no teeth. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you describe something such as an official group or a law as toothless, you mean it has no real power and is not effective. In his view, the Commission remains a toothless and ineffectual body. ADJ
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adjective Date: 14th century 1. having no teeth 2. a. lacking in sharpness or bite spoke in ~ generalities — Arthur Hepner b. lacking in means of enforcement or coercion ; ineffectual ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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~ adj 1 having no teeth (a toothless smile) 2 a law that is toothless has no power to make someone obey it (Without legal sanctions it is toothless.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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