adjective
definition
Having no teeth.
example
a toothless old man
definition
Weak; having no ability to enforce something.
example
The treaty was toothless and did nothing to combat climate change.
Examples of toothless in a Sentence
A blissful bright smile was fixed on the baby's broad face with its toothless open mouth.
The premaxilla is toothless.
Turning pieces in rolling contact are called smooth or toothless wheels.
I guess my biggest reason is I don't want to lose her and let's face it, when I'm toothless and bald and she is still as beautiful as today, she's not going to want me.
Parents should also continue to wipe the toothless gum areas with a washcloth or gauze.
He wiped his mouth on his shirtsleeve and turned his toothless grin on Royce.
Bottlenoses feed on cuttle-fishes and squills, and are practically toothless; the only teeth which exist in the adult being a small pair at the front of the lower jaw, concealed beneath the gum during life.
History A voluntary Press Council existed for some 40 years, which was generally considered a toothless watchdog.
Some babies are still toothless as they approach their first birthdays.
Shifting pieces in rolling contact with turning pieces may be called snfooth or toothless rae/es.
The Pterosaurians of the Cretaceous period, just before their extinction both in Europe and in North America, were of enormous size, and some became toothless.
A pair of wings of the toothless Pteranodon from the Chalk of Kansas, now in the British Museum, measures about five and a half metres in span.
The northern sea-cow (Rhytina), now extinct, appears to have been toothless throughout life.
In the herbivorous modification, as seen in three distinct phases in the horse, the kangaroo, and in ruminants, the incisors are generally well developed in one or both jaws, and have a nipping action, either against one another or against a toothless hard pad in the upper jaw; while the canines are usually small or absent, at least in the upper jaw, but in the lower jaw may be approximated and assimilated to the incisors.
The teeth of the cheek series are all in contact with each other, but separated from the canines by a considerable toothless space.
In every toothless smile she saw Nick.
As I entered the site, an aged, nearly toothless crone in a worn blue boiler suit appeared, carrying a tea-pot.
The old men, dim-eyed, toothless, bald, sallow, and bloated, or gaunt and wrinkled, were especially striking.