toothlessness

English

Etymology

toothless +‎ -ness

Noun

toothlessness (uncountable)

The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth.
Near-synonyms: anodontia, 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

the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth

Crimean Tatar: tişsizlik
Finnish: hampaattomuus (fi)
French: édentement (fr) m, anodontie (fr) f
Macedonian: беззабност f (bezzabnost), беззабост f (bezzabost)
Polish: bezzębie n, bezzębność (pl) f
Swedish: tandlöshet (sv) c
Turkish: dişsizlik (tr)

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