toothless

Meanings

Adjective

lacking teeth
- "most birds are toothless"
- "a toothless old crone"

Adjective Satellite

lacking necessary force for effectiveness
- "a toothless piece of legislation"

Adj

Having no teeth.
Weak; having no ability to enforce something.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English totheles, toþeles, from Old English tōþlēas, from Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz (“toothless”), equivalent to tooth + -less. Cognate with Dutch tandeloos (“toothless”), German Low German tannlos (“toothless”), German zahnlos (“toothless”), Danish tandløs (“toothless”), Swedish tandlös (“toothless”), Icelandic tannlaus (“toothless”).

Synonyms

anemic, breakable, broken-down, damaged, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, dickless, edentate, edentulous, effete, enervated, enfeebled, exhausted, faint, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, harmed, hurt, impaired, impotent, infirm, injured, languid, low, powerless, prostrate, prostrated, puny, raddled, resistless, sapped, slightsoft, softened, susceptible, tame, teethless, tender, tired, torpid, unresistant, vincible, vulnerable, wasted, weak, weakened, weary, weedy, wimpy, worn out, yielding

Antonyms

dentate, dentiferous, dentigerous, dentulous, toothed, toothy

Scrabble Score: 12

toothless is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
toothless is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
toothless is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

toothless is a valid Words With Friends word