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toothless

adjective as in dull

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While the government has agreed to back loans for JLR to support suppliers, Evtec's Mr Roberts said the policy was a "toothless solution".

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Andy looks like a human adult but behaves like an awkward, stammering middle-schooler eager to ingratiate himself with his peers by telling toothless jokes straight out of a Scholastic pun manual.

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Advocates and some lawmakers say a toothless enforcement system is often to blame.

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Besides, treating topical humor in the same way that a toothless, mangy mutt gums a dumpster bone is not the same as maintaining neutrality.

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As part of the shake-up, the existing watchdog, which has been criticised as "toothless", will be scrapped.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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