toothlessness
Zahnlosigkeit
The state or condition of being toothlessThe state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth.
Near-synonyms: anodontia, edentulism
Zahnlosigkeit
(figuratively, uncountable)The state of being weak, of having no capability of enforcing something.
She denounced the treaty's toothlessness in combatting climate change.
Translations
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By meaning 1
the state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth:
Origin
From toothless + -ness.From toothless + -ness.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable