toothless
Having no teeth.
Example
“a toothless old man”
Other meanings
Weak; having no ability to enforce something.
“The treaty was toothless because of the lack of participation from the undersigned.”
Related words
- toothlessly
- toothlessness
- toothless whale
Word history
From Old English "tōþlēas".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “toothless” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.