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toothless (adj.)
Old English
toðleas
, in the literal sense; see
tooth
+
-less
. Figurative sense of "dull" is recorded from 1590s; that of "lacking enforcement powers" is first recorded 1961. Related:
Toothlessly
;
toothlessness
.