toothlessness en · NOUN
Etymology
From toothless + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth.
Near-synonyms: anodontia, edentulism
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(figuratively, uncountable) The state of being weak, of having no capability of enforcing something.
She denounced the treaty's toothlessness in combatting climate change.
Synonyms
Translations (14)
hu fogatlanság (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · fr anodontie (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · es sholquera (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · tr dişsizlik (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · mk беззабност (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · sv tandlöshet (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · pl bezzębność (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · crh tişsizlik (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · fi hampaattomuus (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · nl tandeloosheid (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · fr édentement (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · mk беззабост (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · pl bezzębie (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth) · de Zahnlosigkeit (the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth)