toothlessness

English

Etymology

From toothless +‎ -ness.

Noun

toothlessness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth.

   Near-synonyms: anodontia, edentulism

2. (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)