toothlessness

English

Etymology

toothless +‎ -ness

Noun

toothlessness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth; edentulism.
2. (figuratively) The state of being weak, of having no capability of enforcing something.

   She denounced the treaty's toothlessness in combatting climate change.

Translations

Translations

• Crimean Tatar: tişsizlik
• Finnish: hampaattomuus (fi)
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• Macedonian: беззабност f (bezzabnost), беззабост f (bezzabost)
• Polish: bezzębie n, bezzębność (pl) f
• Turkish: dişsizlik (tr)