Associations to the word «Toothless»

Wiktionary

TOOTHLESS, adjective. Having no teeth.
TOOTHLESS, adjective. (figuratively) Weak, having no capability of enforcing something.

Dictionary definition

TOOTHLESS, adjective. Lacking teeth; "most birds are toothless"; "a toothless old crone".
TOOTHLESS, adjective. Lacking necessary force for effectiveness; "a toothless piece of legislation".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope