toothlessness

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth. uncountable
    — Near-synonyms: anodontia, edentulism
  2. The state of being weak, of having no capability of enforcing something. figuratively,uncountable
    — She denounced the treaty's toothlessness in combatting climate change.

词源

From toothless + -ness.
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