Synonyms for toothless
ˈtuθ lɪstooth·less

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1. toothlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   edentulous

2. toothlessadjective

   Having no teeth.

   a toothless old man

   Synonyms:
   edentulous

3. toothlessadjective

   Weak, having no capability of enforcing something.

   The treaty was toothless in combatting climate change.

   Synonyms:
   edentulous

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1. toothlessadjective

   lacking teeth

   "most birds are toothless"; "a toothless old crone"

   Antonyms:
   cogged, tusked, sabre-toothed, fine-toothed(a), fine-tooth(a), buck-toothed, gap-toothed, toothy, toothlike, efficacious, effective, saber-toothed, small-toothed, toothed, sabertoothed, effectual

2. toothlessadjective

   lacking necessary force for effectiveness

   "a toothless piece of legislation"

   Antonyms:
   effective, effectual, fine-tooth(a), tusked, cogged, efficacious, gap-toothed, sabre-toothed, buck-toothed, fine-toothed(a), toothlike, toothy, toothed, sabertoothed, small-toothed, saber-toothed

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1. toothlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   agomphious, edentate, edentulous

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1. List of paraphrases for "toothless":

   ineffective

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How to use toothless in a sentence?

1. Ortiz David:

   The long toothless beak may have served well for swallowing smaller prey items whole much as pelicans do.

2. Daniel Okrent:

   By the middle 1930s, it was a toothless organization.

3. Karthik Ganapathy:

   Today's toothless fracking rules are just the latest sign that' one step forward, two steps back' is beginning to cement as President Obama's historical legacy on climate change.

4. Claude Pepper:

   I' tired of old people being labeled as worthless,useless,toothless and sexless

5. Law School professor Richard Briffault:

   The executive order itself does not do anything that carries legal consequences, the( executive order) is actually pretty toothless in that all of the sections of law he invokes do not deprive the Department of Health of its power as the ultimate decision maker regarding measures necessary to inhibit the spread of communicable diseases as outlined in Section 1003.22( 3) of Florida Statutes.