Toothlessness

noun

Definitions

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

    "Near-synonyms: anodontia, edentulism"

  2. 2
    The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth. wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being weak, of having no capability of enforcing something. figuratively, uncountable

    "She denounced the treaty's toothlessness in combatting climate change."

Etymology

From toothless + -ness.

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