toothlessness

Noun

uncountable figuratively

Japanese Meaning

歯が無い状態；歯の欠如（失歯症） / 比喩的に、力や威圧力の欠如、弱さ

The toothlessness of the old shepherd made it hard for him to chew his meals.

年老いた羊飼いは歯がないために食事を噛むのが難しかった。

Sense（1）

The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth; edentulism.

Sense（2）

(figuratively) The state of being weak, of having no capability of enforcing something.

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