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Adjective: toothless  tooth-lus
  1. Lacking necessary force for effectiveness
    "a toothless piece of legislation"
     
  2. Lacking teeth
    "most birds are toothless"; "a toothless old crone"

See also: edental, edentate, edentulate, edentulous, ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective

Antonym: toothed

Encyclopedia: Toothless