Definition of toothless in English:

toothless

adjective ˈtuːθləsˈtuθləs

1Having no teeth, typically through old age.
（尤指因年纪大而）无牙齿的
a toothless old man
一位牙齿掉光的老人。
Example sentencesExamples
- I saw him play more than once at Central Park in New York, his toothless mouth soulfully lisping his unique and beautiful song style.
- Three little girls ran to the door grinning toothless grins.
- An almost toothless grin was plastered on his tan wrinkled face.
- His eternally friendly toothless grin is accentuated by wire-framed goggles, and his short-cropped head is uncovered.
- The reason to do it now is preventive to try and avoid a toothless old age for her.
- Middle-aged people, already in a state of despair about the fecklessness of the young, will find the activities of the grey and toothless equally distressing.
- It was a toothless old man who was chuckling loudly, withdrawing his hand - which only bore three fingers - and laying it on his sheathed sword.
- There were three people ahead of me on line, and one old toothless guy who got on line behind me and immediately pulled out a container of yogurt and began eating.
- If you see any withered, toothless, gimpy old men it gives you a good sign to run.] Or is that too graphics intensive at this time?
- A beer and a cigarette from a smirking, toothless porter ease the immediate pain, while jibes from my travelling companions put my huffs and puffs into perspective.
- When the old, toothless man in the parking lot approaches me with outstretched hands and asks for a dime or a cigarette or snack, I look into his eyes.
- Griffin is 32 and toothless and bone thin with wild dark eyes and a dark beard and fine, long black hair that he combs with fastidious care.
- And his cauliflower ears, toothless grin and boneless nose are testimony to his unrelenting quest for simulated perfection.
- And then the tire guy - a toothless old vet - goes off, and this is what it sounded like.
- Better buy a shotgun - I wouldn't count on the toothless old mutt.
- A grungy man with an evil, nearly toothless grin crouched behind it.
- So 300 years ago if I hadn't died of infection I'd be toothless by now.
- As he is toothless he is seeking approval for a soft food diet but the medical unit have told him that he has to schedule a test, which may take months, to prove that he has no teeth.
- The man who spoke, who called himself Jim, looked in his early 20's - late teens with a toothless grin and a black beanie.
- Six-month-old toothless Adi grins trustingly at the world.
1. 1.1 Lacking genuine force or effectiveness.
  〈喻〉无实力的，不起作用的
  laws that are well intentioned but toothless
  用意好但无实效的法律。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Unfussy defending from York and toothless tokens of attack from Southend - the corners mirrored sharply the pattern of the first 45 minutes.
  Meanwhile, their rather toothless union, typical of the Third World, cannot press for minimum wages or maximum hours.
  The inquiry is effectively powerless, and it is toothless.
  Some enemies are imaginary; some are toothless.
  Will the prosecution remain as toothless as it used to be at the times of Tatarchev, who kept talking of catching all bandits in a sack, but in reality none ever reached prison?
  St Johnstone, bottom of the table and toothless in front of goal, are looking to bring a couple of Ecuadorians to McDiarmid Park.
  In fact he would not be directly investigated by the Inquisition until 1815, when it was nearly toothless - and presumably so was he.
  But the term is not only toothless and tiresome, it's just wrong.
  What they have done is to make Legco toothless, " Ma said.
  Garda watchdog body will be toothless says expert
  The PPCCA has been regarded one of those numerous toothless organisations which people cannot lean on when their rights are abused by police officers.
  Resultantly, the CBI has come out as merely a toothless, diseased paper tiger whose roar is more effective than its maul.
  He forced his opponent to make a save with a sharp shot from a tight angle but, despite continuing to dominate possession, Shrewsbury remained toothless.
  And this caring for future generations must involve government, all industries, and the toothless EMA as well.
  Its armed forces are toothless, and its rhetoric is tired, repeated out of habit rather than conviction.
  He says that the Commission has just remained a toothless body and has done nothing for the 25 crore strong minority communities in the country.
  Solid elsewhere, their undoing was again a toothless attack, Stranraer maintain at least a hope of a stunning advance into the fourth round once the replay is negotiated in Leith.
  He manages to get the bill through in the most toothless possible form, knowing that it will help kick the props out from under segregation in years to come.
  So the clan bodies, village councils, and public assemblies were either dissolved or made toothless against the chiefs.
  A lack of composure in the rearguard spread through the team and while Swansea had looked for the most part toothless in attack their equaliser when it came was no more a surprise than it was deserved.

Derivatives

toothlessly

adverb

The wrinkled woman tossed her book at both of them, screaming toothlessly and without gratitude.
Example sentencesExamples
- Jalen leaned back again, smiled toothlessly at Hana and swallowed her donut.
- Bella stopped crying and grinned toothlessly up at Grace, soothed by her voice.
- The man grinned toothlessly at her when she was finished, but she remained impassive and told him to return to the ranch.
- An old hag from across the isle grinned toothlessly at me as he left and said something I couldn't understand.
- Chalmers treasured his 25 cents a week, and it was amusing to watch him hobble about on his remaining leg, emptying rubbish baskets and grinning toothlessly.
- When I am done, she breaks into a smile so toothlessly wide, so charmingly affectionate, that I feel I might easily dissolve into it.
- He giggled and smiled toothlessly, raising his chubby arms and squealing for her to pick him up… so she did, without a moment's hesitation.
- Cofecr grinned toothlessly, and bustled off to the kitchen to get the special.

toothlessness

noun

It broke because of my refusal to confront the consequences - pain, decay, toothlessness - of not going to the dentist.
Example sentencesExamples
- How have you avoided the addiction, obesity, and toothlessness that's afflicted so many of your contemporaries?
- On several occasions, for example, he condemns the toothlessness of contemporary journalism and its reluctance to hold the powerful to account.
- The toothlessness of this process was revealed in 1985, the last time an inquest was held.
- Flashbacks to Fisher's foster home carry the weight of importance here, but even they have the toothlessness of high-minded intentions.
- The memoir is dense throughout with imagery of oral assault: imagery of toothlessness, death and dental suffering in many individuals.
- The U.S. bears no small amount of blame for the U.N.'s toothlessness, but the rest of the world certainly is not absolved of responsibility.
- Very fetching are the roles given a gaggle of old ladies in various stages of toothlessness, being attended in an old-folks institution.
- This game looks to be ensconced in a pattern of Korean possession, Korean toothlessness, and occasional rapid French breaks around that big bottler Henry.
- The great benefit of his show is to expose the political toothlessness of much so-called radical thought.
- But the toothlessness of their side, a perennial problem, made for morsels that, ultimately, were easily digested by their rivals.

Definition of toothless in US English:

toothless

adjectiveˈtuθləsˈto͞oTHləs

1Having no teeth, typically through old age.
（尤指因年纪大而）无牙齿的
a toothless old man
一位牙齿掉光的老人。
Example sentencesExamples
- Three little girls ran to the door grinning toothless grins.
- Better buy a shotgun - I wouldn't count on the toothless old mutt.
- There were three people ahead of me on line, and one old toothless guy who got on line behind me and immediately pulled out a container of yogurt and began eating.
- And then the tire guy - a toothless old vet - goes off, and this is what it sounded like.
- Middle-aged people, already in a state of despair about the fecklessness of the young, will find the activities of the grey and toothless equally distressing.
- A grungy man with an evil, nearly toothless grin crouched behind it.
- And his cauliflower ears, toothless grin and boneless nose are testimony to his unrelenting quest for simulated perfection.
- As he is toothless he is seeking approval for a soft food diet but the medical unit have told him that he has to schedule a test, which may take months, to prove that he has no teeth.
- It was a toothless old man who was chuckling loudly, withdrawing his hand - which only bore three fingers - and laying it on his sheathed sword.
- Griffin is 32 and toothless and bone thin with wild dark eyes and a dark beard and fine, long black hair that he combs with fastidious care.
- A beer and a cigarette from a smirking, toothless porter ease the immediate pain, while jibes from my travelling companions put my huffs and puffs into perspective.
- An almost toothless grin was plastered on his tan wrinkled face.
- The man who spoke, who called himself Jim, looked in his early 20's - late teens with a toothless grin and a black beanie.
- The reason to do it now is preventive to try and avoid a toothless old age for her.
- When the old, toothless man in the parking lot approaches me with outstretched hands and asks for a dime or a cigarette or snack, I look into his eyes.
- His eternally friendly toothless grin is accentuated by wire-framed goggles, and his short-cropped head is uncovered.
- Six-month-old toothless Adi grins trustingly at the world.
- So 300 years ago if I hadn't died of infection I'd be toothless by now.
- I saw him play more than once at Central Park in New York, his toothless mouth soulfully lisping his unique and beautiful song style.
- If you see any withered, toothless, gimpy old men it gives you a good sign to run.] Or is that too graphics intensive at this time?
1. 1.1 Lacking genuine force or effectiveness.
  〈喻〉无实力的，不起作用的
  laws that are well intentioned but toothless
  用意好但无实效的法律。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But the term is not only toothless and tiresome, it's just wrong.
  The inquiry is effectively powerless, and it is toothless.
  Garda watchdog body will be toothless says expert
  A lack of composure in the rearguard spread through the team and while Swansea had looked for the most part toothless in attack their equaliser when it came was no more a surprise than it was deserved.
  St Johnstone, bottom of the table and toothless in front of goal, are looking to bring a couple of Ecuadorians to McDiarmid Park.
  Will the prosecution remain as toothless as it used to be at the times of Tatarchev, who kept talking of catching all bandits in a sack, but in reality none ever reached prison?
  What they have done is to make Legco toothless, " Ma said.
  He manages to get the bill through in the most toothless possible form, knowing that it will help kick the props out from under segregation in years to come.
  And this caring for future generations must involve government, all industries, and the toothless EMA as well.
  He forced his opponent to make a save with a sharp shot from a tight angle but, despite continuing to dominate possession, Shrewsbury remained toothless.
  Resultantly, the CBI has come out as merely a toothless, diseased paper tiger whose roar is more effective than its maul.
  Its armed forces are toothless, and its rhetoric is tired, repeated out of habit rather than conviction.
  Solid elsewhere, their undoing was again a toothless attack, Stranraer maintain at least a hope of a stunning advance into the fourth round once the replay is negotiated in Leith.
  So the clan bodies, village councils, and public assemblies were either dissolved or made toothless against the chiefs.
  Unfussy defending from York and toothless tokens of attack from Southend - the corners mirrored sharply the pattern of the first 45 minutes.
  He says that the Commission has just remained a toothless body and has done nothing for the 25 crore strong minority communities in the country.
  In fact he would not be directly investigated by the Inquisition until 1815, when it was nearly toothless - and presumably so was he.
  The PPCCA has been regarded one of those numerous toothless organisations which people cannot lean on when their rights are abused by police officers.
  Some enemies are imaginary; some are toothless.
  Meanwhile, their rather toothless union, typical of the Third World, cannot press for minimum wages or maximum hours.

词汇	toothless
释义	Definition of toothless in English: toothless adjective ˈtuːθləsˈtuθləs 1Having no teeth, typically through old age. （尤指因年纪大而）无牙齿的 a toothless old man 一位牙齿掉光的老人。 Example sentencesExamples I saw him play more than once at Central Park in New York, his toothless mouth soulfully lisping his unique and beautiful song style. Three little girls ran to the door grinning toothless grins. An almost toothless grin was plastered on his tan wrinkled face. His eternally friendly toothless grin is accentuated by wire-framed goggles, and his short-cropped head is uncovered. The reason to do it now is preventive to try and avoid a toothless old age for her. Middle-aged people, already in a state of despair about the fecklessness of the young, will find the activities of the grey and toothless equally distressing. It was a toothless old man who was chuckling loudly, withdrawing his hand - which only bore three fingers - and laying it on his sheathed sword. There were three people ahead of me on line, and one old toothless guy who got on line behind me and immediately pulled out a container of yogurt and began eating. If you see any withered, toothless, gimpy old men it gives you a good sign to run.] Or is that too graphics intensive at this time? A beer and a cigarette from a smirking, toothless porter ease the immediate pain, while jibes from my travelling companions put my huffs and puffs into perspective. When the old, toothless man in the parking lot approaches me with outstretched hands and asks for a dime or a cigarette or snack, I look into his eyes. Griffin is 32 and toothless and bone thin with wild dark eyes and a dark beard and fine, long black hair that he combs with fastidious care. And his cauliflower ears, toothless grin and boneless nose are testimony to his unrelenting quest for simulated perfection. And then the tire guy - a toothless old vet - goes off, and this is what it sounded like. Better buy a shotgun - I wouldn't count on the toothless old mutt. A grungy man with an evil, nearly toothless grin crouched behind it. So 300 years ago if I hadn't died of infection I'd be toothless by now. As he is toothless he is seeking approval for a soft food diet but the medical unit have told him that he has to schedule a test, which may take months, to prove that he has no teeth. The man who spoke, who called himself Jim, looked in his early 20's - late teens with a toothless grin and a black beanie. Six-month-old toothless Adi grins trustingly at the world. 1.1 Lacking genuine force or effectiveness. 〈喻〉无实力的，不起作用的 laws that are well intentioned but toothless 用意好但无实效的法律。 Example sentencesExamples Unfussy defending from York and toothless tokens of attack from Southend - the corners mirrored sharply the pattern of the first 45 minutes. Meanwhile, their rather toothless union, typical of the Third World, cannot press for minimum wages or maximum hours. The inquiry is effectively powerless, and it is toothless. Some enemies are imaginary; some are toothless. Will the prosecution remain as toothless as it used to be at the times of Tatarchev, who kept talking of catching all bandits in a sack, but in reality none ever reached prison? St Johnstone, bottom of the table and toothless in front of goal, are looking to bring a couple of Ecuadorians to McDiarmid Park. In fact he would not be directly investigated by the Inquisition until 1815, when it was nearly toothless - and presumably so was he. But the term is not only toothless and tiresome, it's just wrong. What they have done is to make Legco toothless, " Ma said. Garda watchdog body will be toothless says expert The PPCCA has been regarded one of those numerous toothless organisations which people cannot lean on when their rights are abused by police officers. Resultantly, the CBI has come out as merely a toothless, diseased paper tiger whose roar is more effective than its maul. He forced his opponent to make a save with a sharp shot from a tight angle but, despite continuing to dominate possession, Shrewsbury remained toothless. And this caring for future generations must involve government, all industries, and the toothless EMA as well. Its armed forces are toothless, and its rhetoric is tired, repeated out of habit rather than conviction. He says that the Commission has just remained a toothless body and has done nothing for the 25 crore strong minority communities in the country. Solid elsewhere, their undoing was again a toothless attack, Stranraer maintain at least a hope of a stunning advance into the fourth round once the replay is negotiated in Leith. He manages to get the bill through in the most toothless possible form, knowing that it will help kick the props out from under segregation in years to come. So the clan bodies, village councils, and public assemblies were either dissolved or made toothless against the chiefs. A lack of composure in the rearguard spread through the team and while Swansea had looked for the most part toothless in attack their equaliser when it came was no more a surprise than it was deserved. Derivatives toothlessly adverb The wrinkled woman tossed her book at both of them, screaming toothlessly and without gratitude. Example sentencesExamples Jalen leaned back again, smiled toothlessly at Hana and swallowed her donut. Bella stopped crying and grinned toothlessly up at Grace, soothed by her voice. The man grinned toothlessly at her when she was finished, but she remained impassive and told him to return to the ranch. An old hag from across the isle grinned toothlessly at me as he left and said something I couldn't understand. Chalmers treasured his 25 cents a week, and it was amusing to watch him hobble about on his remaining leg, emptying rubbish baskets and grinning toothlessly. When I am done, she breaks into a smile so toothlessly wide, so charmingly affectionate, that I feel I might easily dissolve into it. He giggled and smiled toothlessly, raising his chubby arms and squealing for her to pick him up… so she did, without a moment's hesitation. Cofecr grinned toothlessly, and bustled off to the kitchen to get the special. toothlessness noun It broke because of my refusal to confront the consequences - pain, decay, toothlessness - of not going to the dentist. Example sentencesExamples How have you avoided the addiction, obesity, and toothlessness that's afflicted so many of your contemporaries? On several occasions, for example, he condemns the toothlessness of contemporary journalism and its reluctance to hold the powerful to account. The toothlessness of this process was revealed in 1985, the last time an inquest was held. Flashbacks to Fisher's foster home carry the weight of importance here, but even they have the toothlessness of high-minded intentions. The memoir is dense throughout with imagery of oral assault: imagery of toothlessness, death and dental suffering in many individuals. The U.S. bears no small amount of blame for the U.N.'s toothlessness, but the rest of the world certainly is not absolved of responsibility. Very fetching are the roles given a gaggle of old ladies in various stages of toothlessness, being attended in an old-folks institution. This game looks to be ensconced in a pattern of Korean possession, Korean toothlessness, and occasional rapid French breaks around that big bottler Henry. The great benefit of his show is to expose the political toothlessness of much so-called radical thought. But the toothlessness of their side, a perennial problem, made for morsels that, ultimately, were easily digested by their rivals. Definition of toothless in US English: toothless adjectiveˈtuθləsˈto͞oTHləs 1Having no teeth, typically through old age. （尤指因年纪大而）无牙齿的 a toothless old man 一位牙齿掉光的老人。 Example sentencesExamples Three little girls ran to the door grinning toothless grins. Better buy a shotgun - I wouldn't count on the toothless old mutt. There were three people ahead of me on line, and one old toothless guy who got on line behind me and immediately pulled out a container of yogurt and began eating. And then the tire guy - a toothless old vet - goes off, and this is what it sounded like. Middle-aged people, already in a state of despair about the fecklessness of the young, will find the activities of the grey and toothless equally distressing. A grungy man with an evil, nearly toothless grin crouched behind it. And his cauliflower ears, toothless grin and boneless nose are testimony to his unrelenting quest for simulated perfection. As he is toothless he is seeking approval for a soft food diet but the medical unit have told him that he has to schedule a test, which may take months, to prove that he has no teeth. It was a toothless old man who was chuckling loudly, withdrawing his hand - which only bore three fingers - and laying it on his sheathed sword. Griffin is 32 and toothless and bone thin with wild dark eyes and a dark beard and fine, long black hair that he combs with fastidious care. A beer and a cigarette from a smirking, toothless porter ease the immediate pain, while jibes from my travelling companions put my huffs and puffs into perspective. An almost toothless grin was plastered on his tan wrinkled face. The man who spoke, who called himself Jim, looked in his early 20's - late teens with a toothless grin and a black beanie. The reason to do it now is preventive to try and avoid a toothless old age for her. When the old, toothless man in the parking lot approaches me with outstretched hands and asks for a dime or a cigarette or snack, I look into his eyes. His eternally friendly toothless grin is accentuated by wire-framed goggles, and his short-cropped head is uncovered. Six-month-old toothless Adi grins trustingly at the world. So 300 years ago if I hadn't died of infection I'd be toothless by now. I saw him play more than once at Central Park in New York, his toothless mouth soulfully lisping his unique and beautiful song style. If you see any withered, toothless, gimpy old men it gives you a good sign to run.] Or is that too graphics intensive at this time? 1.1 Lacking genuine force or effectiveness. 〈喻〉无实力的，不起作用的 laws that are well intentioned but toothless 用意好但无实效的法律。 Example sentencesExamples But the term is not only toothless and tiresome, it's just wrong. The inquiry is effectively powerless, and it is toothless. Garda watchdog body will be toothless says expert A lack of composure in the rearguard spread through the team and while Swansea had looked for the most part toothless in attack their equaliser when it came was no more a surprise than it was deserved. St Johnstone, bottom of the table and toothless in front of goal, are looking to bring a couple of Ecuadorians to McDiarmid Park. Will the prosecution remain as toothless as it used to be at the times of Tatarchev, who kept talking of catching all bandits in a sack, but in reality none ever reached prison? What they have done is to make Legco toothless, " Ma said. He manages to get the bill through in the most toothless possible form, knowing that it will help kick the props out from under segregation in years to come. And this caring for future generations must involve government, all industries, and the toothless EMA as well. He forced his opponent to make a save with a sharp shot from a tight angle but, despite continuing to dominate possession, Shrewsbury remained toothless. Resultantly, the CBI has come out as merely a toothless, diseased paper tiger whose roar is more effective than its maul. Its armed forces are toothless, and its rhetoric is tired, repeated out of habit rather than conviction. Solid elsewhere, their undoing was again a toothless attack, Stranraer maintain at least a hope of a stunning advance into the fourth round once the replay is negotiated in Leith. So the clan bodies, village councils, and public assemblies were either dissolved or made toothless against the chiefs. Unfussy defending from York and toothless tokens of attack from Southend - the corners mirrored sharply the pattern of the first 45 minutes. He says that the Commission has just remained a toothless body and has done nothing for the 25 crore strong minority communities in the country. In fact he would not be directly investigated by the Inquisition until 1815, when it was nearly toothless - and presumably so was he. The PPCCA has been regarded one of those numerous toothless organisations which people cannot lean on when their rights are abused by police officers. Some enemies are imaginary; some are toothless. Meanwhile, their rather toothless union, typical of the Third World, cannot press for minimum wages or maximum hours.
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