toothlessness

English

Etymology

toothless +‎ -ness

Noun

toothlessness (uncountable)

The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth; edentulism.
(figuratively) The state of being weak, of having no capability of enforcing something.
She denounced the treaty's toothlessness in combatting climate change.

Translations

Translations

Crimean Tatar: tişsizlik
Finnish: hampaattomuus (fi)

Turkish: dişsizlik (tr)

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