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UK
/tˈuːθləs/
]
[ US /ˈtuθɫəs/ ]
[ US /ˈtuθɫəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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lacking necessary force for effectiveness
a toothless piece of legislation -
lacking teeth
a toothless old crone
most birds are toothless
How To Use toothless In A Sentence
- The old man smiled to reveal toothless gums.
- The reason to do it now is preventive to try and avoid a toothless old age for her.
- Apparently facultatively bipedal, with a toothless bird-like skull sporting large orbits, dinosaur-like cervical vertebrae possessing true pneumatic foramina, and reduced gracile forelimbs and a theropod-like pelvis, Effigia is strikingly like ornithomimosaurs (ostrich dinosaurs) in several details, mostly those concerning the skull and cervical vertebrae. Archive 2006-01-01
- Will the prosecution remain as toothless as it used to be at the times of Tatarchev, who kept talking of catching all bandits in a sack, but in reality none ever reached prison?
- Gazing at their little arms, and their toothy (and sometimes toothless) grins, I wondered what it would be like to be catapulted from a world where your opportunities in life were, on any social and economic index, likely to be pretty limited, to one I couldn't even dream of: one where you understand how the black dots on a page turn into something that lifts the human heart, and where the way you move horse hair over strings can make the soul soar. Christina Patterson: Why Our Children Should Reach for the Stars
- SNOW: Now, in addition to establishing a peace treaty, a former UNIFIL official says unless there is a clear mandate, there will be what he describes as a toothless U.N. peacekeeping force that will turn out only to be a disaster -- Wolf. CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2006
- The toothless regulator appears powerless to stop the alleged cartel of energy companies. Times, Sunday Times
- The Duke was revelling in the occasion, his toothless mouth curved up in a great leer like the mask of comedy.
- It is a toothless tiger. Times, Sunday Times
- The reason to do it now is preventive to try and avoid a toothless old age for her.