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comparative more toothless, superlative most toothless
Having no teeth. examples
(figuratively) Weak; having no ability to enforce something. quotations examples
Not tell? ha! ha! I could smile / At this old and toothless wile.
1603, Ben Jonson, The Entertainment at Althorp
Bans of the sale of human remains across platforms like Facebook, Etsy, Instagram and eBay are toothless and poorly enforced, Huffer said. And when a page does get shut down, he said, it just pops up on a different website.
2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The Washington Post