toothless

About 0.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having no teeth.

   a toothless old man

2. adjective Weak; having no ability to enforce something.

   The treaty was toothless because of the lack of participation from the undersigned.

Similar words

edentate edentulous ineffectual ineffective edental edentulate uneffective helpless unnecessary powerless

Often followed by

mouth old gums and grin smile jaws man tiger