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
When they proved toothless, the failure to respond made another war with Israel inevitable.
But because they had all worked the night before, they were especially toothless.
From Los Angeles Times
Her conclusion was startling, her tone defiant: “Put me wherever you want: misguided socialist, toothless humanist, naïve novelist, useful idiot, apologist, denier, ally, contrarian, collaborator, traitor, inexcusable coward.”
From Los Angeles Times
Asean advocates says this is what keeps it united, and that it can quietly exert pressure effectively behind the scenes – but detractors say it makes it toothless.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
