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Webster 1913 Edition

Toothless

Tooth′less

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Adj.

Having no teeth.

Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Toothless

TOOTH'LESS

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Adj.

Having no teeth.

Definition 2024

toothless

toothless

English

Adjective

toothless ‎(comparative more toothless, superlative most toothless)

Having no teeth.
a toothless old man
(figuratively) Weak, having no capability of enforcing something.
The treaty was toothless in combatting climate change.

Synonyms

edentulous

Related terms

toothy
voice of the toothless one

Translations

Having no teeth

Bulgarian: беззъб ‎(bezzǎb)
Czech: bezzubý (cs) m
Finnish: hampaaton (fi)
French: édenté (fr)
Galician: desdentado
German: zahnlos (de)
Greek: άδοντος m ‎(ádontos), (informal) φαφούτης (el) m ‎(fafoútis), ξεδοντιάρης (el) m ‎(xedontiáris)
Hungarian: fogatlan (hu)
Icelandic: tannlaus (is)
Inuktitut: ᑭᒍᑎᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ ‎(kigutiqangittuq)
Italian: sdentato (it)
Latvian: bezzobains m, bezzobaina f
Lithuanian: bedantis

Norwegian:

Bokmål: tannløs, tannlaus

Nynorsk: tannlaus
Pohnpeian: aupwahpw
Polish: bezzębny (pl)
Portuguese: banguelo, desdentado (pt)
Romanian: știrb (ro), edentat (ro)
Russian: беззу́бый (ru) ‎(bezzúbyj)
Scots: tuithless
Spanish: desdentado (es)
Swedish: tandlös (sv)
Tagalog: ngubngob
Turkish: dişsiz (tr)

Being weak

Czech: bezzubý (cs) m
Finnish: hampaaton (fi)
Greek: ξεδοντιάρης (el) m ‎(xedontiáris)
Italian: inefficace (it), impotente (it)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: tannløs, tannlaus

Nynorsk: tannlaus
Russian: беззу́бый (ru) ‎(bezzúbyj)
Swedish: tandlös (sv)