单词	toothless
释义	toothless /ˈtuːθləs / adjective 1Having no teeth, typically through old age: a toothless old man... The reason to do it now is preventive to try and avoid a toothless old age for her. His eternally friendly toothless grin is accentuated by wire-framed goggles, and his short-cropped head is uncovered. And his cauliflower ears, toothless grin and boneless nose are testimony to his unrelenting quest for simulated perfection. 1.1Lacking genuine force or effectiveness: laws that are well intentioned but toothless... Its armed forces are toothless, and its rhetoric is tired, repeated out of habit rather than conviction. Resultantly, the CBI has come out as merely a toothless, diseased paper tiger whose roar is more effective than its maul. The inquiry is effectively powerless, and it is toothless. Derivatives toothlessly adverb ... When I am done, she breaks into a smile so toothlessly wide, so charmingly affectionate, that I feel I might easily dissolve into it. 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. 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. toothlessness noun ... But the toothlessness of their side, a perennial problem, made for morsels that, ultimately, were easily digested by their rivals. Flashbacks to Fisher's foster home carry the weight of importance here, but even they have the toothlessness of high-minded intentions. It broke because of my refusal to confront the consequences - pain, decay, toothlessness - of not going to the dentist.
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