toothless
adjective
lacking teeth.
toothlessness
-
a word derived from
toothless.
Example Sentences
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If neutrality equals toothlessness, I have no rebuttal to that assessment.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
This finding, along with Imparavis, indicates that toothlessness may not have been quite as unique in Early Cretaceous enantiornithines as previously thought.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
Take the moment when a roomful of dentists burst in to a round of applause when Shane finally managed to eat an apple after seven years of total toothlessness.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
But his character, scarily white teeth notwithstanding, exemplifies the fundamental toothlessness of a satire whose targets are somehow too specific to seem imaginative but also too vague to land a real blow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
And in the worn-out brains there is still strength left for one more idea, a sly idea: that youth shall honor toothlessness.
From Knut Hamsun by Hanna Astrup Larsen
