"toothless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtuθləs/ [General-American], /ˈtuθlɪs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toothless.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more toothless [comparative], most toothless [superlative]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|totheles}} Middle English totheles, {{m|enm|toþeles}} toþeles, {{inh|en|ang|tōþlēas}} Old English tōþlēas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tanþlausaz|t=toothless}} Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz (“toothless”), {{suffix|en|tooth|less}} tooth + -less, {{cog|nl|tandeloos|t=toothless}} Dutch tandeloos (“toothless”), {{cog|nds-de|tannlos|t=toothless}} German Low German tannlos (“toothless”), {{cog|de|zahnlos|t=toothless}} German zahnlos (“toothless”), {{cog|da|tandløs|t=toothless}} Danish tandløs (“toothless”), {{cog|sv|tandlös|t=toothless}} Swedish tandlös (“toothless”), {{cog|is|tannlaus|t=toothless}} Icelandic tannlaus (“toothless”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} toothless (comparative more toothless, superlative most toothless)
  1. Having no teeth. Categories (topical): Teeth Translations (Having no teeth): νωδός (nōdós) (Ancient Greek), tipo (Bikol Central), беззъб (bezzǎb) (Bulgarian), bezzubý (Czech), tandløs (Danish), tandloos (Dutch), hampaaton (Finnish), édenté (French), desdentado (Galician), fanado (Galician), zahnlos (German), άδοντος (ádontos) (Greek), φαφούτης (fafoútis) [informal] (Greek), ξεδοντιάρης (xedontiáris) (Greek), fogatlan (Hungarian), tannlaus (Icelandic), ᑭᒍᑎᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ (kicotiqangittoq) (Inuktitut), carballach (Irish), mantach (Irish), sdentato (Italian), тіссіз (tıssız) (Kazakh), ēdentulus (Latin), bezzobains (Latvian), bedantis (Lithuanian), беззаб (bezzab) (Macedonian), беззабен (bezzaben) (Macedonian), niho more (Maori), niho ngore (Maori), tannløs (Norwegian Bokmål), tannlaus (Norwegian Bokmål), tannlaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), بیدندان (bīdandān) [singular] (Persian), aupwahpw (Pohnpeian), bezzębny (Polish), bezzęby [dated] (Polish), banguelo (Portuguese), desdentado (Portuguese), știrb (Romanian), edentat (Romanian), беззу́бый (bezzúbyj) (Russian), tuithless (Scots), desdentado (Spanish), edéntulo (Spanish), tandlös (Swedish), ngubngob (Tagalog), dişsiz (Turkish), беззу́бий (bezzúbyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-toothless-en-adj-ezxMTw1S Disambiguation of Teeth: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'Having no teeth': 91 9
  2. (figuratively) Weak; having no ability to enforce something. Tags: figuratively Translations (Being weak): bezzubý (Czech), hampaaton (Finnish), უკბილო (uḳbilo) (Georgian), ξεδοντιάρης (xedontiáris) (Greek), inefficace (Italian), impotente (Italian), tannløs (Norwegian Bokmål), tannlaus (Norwegian Bokmål), tannlaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), беззу́бый (bezzúbyj) (Russian), tandlös (Swedish), беззу́бий (bezzúbyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-toothless-en-adj-SEGJq-Ke Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'Being weak': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: edentate, edentulous, teethless Derived forms: toothlessly, toothlessness, toothless whale Related terms: canine-toothless, front-toothless

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          "sense": "Having no teeth",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "Having no teeth",
          "word": "banguelo"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "Having no teeth",
          "word": "desdentado"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "Having no teeth",
          "word": "știrb"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "Having no teeth",
          "word": "desdentado"
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          "sense": "Having no teeth",
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          "sense": "Having no teeth",
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          "sense": "Having no teeth",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "Having no teeth",
          "word": "dişsiz"
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  "word": "toothless"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dentate"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentiferous"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentigerous"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentulous"
    },
    {
      "word": "toothed"
    },
    {
      "word": "toothy"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms suffixed with -less",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "en:Teeth"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "toothlessly"
    },
    {
      "word": "toothlessness"
    },
    {
      "word": "toothless whale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "totheles"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English totheles",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "toþeles"
      },
      "expansion": "toþeles",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tōþlēas"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tōþlēas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tanþlausaz",
        "t": "toothless"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz (“toothless”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tooth",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "tooth + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "tandeloos",
        "t": "toothless"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch tandeloos (“toothless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "tannlos",
        "t": "toothless"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German tannlos (“toothless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "zahnlos",
        "t": "toothless"
      },
      "expansion": "German zahnlos (“toothless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "tandløs",
        "t": "toothless"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish tandløs (“toothless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "tandlös",
        "t": "toothless"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish tandlös (“toothless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "tannlaus",
        "t": "toothless"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic tannlaus (“toothless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more toothless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most toothless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "toothless (comparative more toothless, superlative most toothless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "canine-toothless"
    },
    {
      "word": "front-toothless"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a toothless old man",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having no teeth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teeth",
          "teeth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The treaty was toothless because of the lack of participation from the undersigned.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1603, Ben Jonson, The Entertainment at Althorp",
          "text": "Not tell? ha! ha! I could smile / At this old and toothless wile.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The Washington Post",
          "text": "Bans of the sale of human remains across platforms like Facebook, Etsy, Instagram and eBay are toothless and poorly enforced, Huffer said. And when a page does get shut down, he said, it just pops up on a different website.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Weak; having no ability to enforce something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Weak",
          "weak"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Weak; having no ability to enforce something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtuθləs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtuθlɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toothless.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-toothless.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-toothless.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-toothless.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-toothless.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "edentate"
    },
    {
      "word": "edentulous"
    },
    {
      "word": "teethless"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "tipo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezzǎb",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "беззъб"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "bezzubý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "tandløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "tandloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "hampaaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "édenté"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "desdentado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "fanado"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "zahnlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ádontos",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "άδοντος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fafoútis",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "φαφούτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xedontiáris",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "ξεδοντιάρης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nōdós",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "νωδός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "fogatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "tannlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "kicotiqangittoq",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "ᑭᒍᑎᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "carballach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "mantach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "sdentato"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tıssız",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "тіссіз"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "ēdentulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "bezzobains"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "bedantis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bezzab",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "беззаб"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bezzaben",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "беззабен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "niho more"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "niho ngore"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "tannløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "tannlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "tannlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bīdandān",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "بیدندان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pon",
      "lang": "Pohnpeian",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "aupwahpw"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "bezzębny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "bezzęby"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "banguelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "desdentado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "știrb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "edentat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezzúbyj",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "беззу́бый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "tuithless"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "desdentado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "edéntulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "tandlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "ngubngob"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "dişsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezzúbyj",
      "sense": "Having no teeth",
      "word": "беззу́бий"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "bezzubý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "hampaaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uḳbilo",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "უკბილო"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xedontiáris",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "ξεδοντιάρης"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "inefficace"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "impotente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "tannløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "tannlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "tannlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezzúbyj",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "беззу́бый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "tandlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezzúbyj",
      "sense": "Being weak",
      "word": "беззу́бий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "toothless"
}

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