toothless

Example Sentences

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The home crowd anticipated waves of attack but United failed to take advantage, proving toothless against David Moyes' battling team.

From Barron's

The United Nations, a flawed and often toothless organization, nonetheless represents international ideals antipathetic to the ongoing atrocity of human bondage.

From Washington Post

A ProPublica investigation in 2021 described the U.S. food safety system as “baffling and largely toothless … and ill-equipped to protect consumers or rebuff industry influence.”

From Seattle Times

Even on that front the show refuses to take itself too seriously, adopting the toothless paradigm that we're alike in our flaws and that our various tragedies that make us who we are.

From Salon

Without him, England were toothless for long periods.

From BBC