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toothless

/ˈtuθləs/ adjective C1
  1. Having no teeth. · a toothless old man
  2. Weak; having no ability to enforce something. (figuratively) · The treaty was toothless because of the lack of participation from the undersigned.
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But when the toothless, clawless Lion returned to repeat his request, the Woodman, no longer afraid, set upon him with his club, and drove him away into the forest.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 14 · B2
What have we to do with this toothless fool?
The Jungle Book, p. 22 · B2

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