fangless
Lacking venomous teeth
Fangless means lacking fangs—the long, pointed teeth used by snakes to inject venom or by predators to seize prey.
The word usually appears figuratively to describe something that has been stripped of its power to harm or threaten: The new regulations are fangless, with no real enforcement mechanism.
A fangless critic or opponent poses no real danger.
Talons surgically removed
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
- disarmedMade safe or captivated
- deactivatedRendered inoperative
- disabledMade unable to function
weakened · impotent · disempowered · emasculated · toothless · blunted · castrated · muzzled
Causing no harm
- benignNot harmful or threatening
- gentleSoft and kind
- nonthreateningCausing no alarm
- tameMade gentle, manageable
docile · inoffensive · mild · safe · unthreatening · peaceful · toothless · ineffectual
declawed
Talons surgically removed
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
- disarmedMade safe or captivated
- deactivatedRendered inoperative
disabled · weakened · impotent · disempowered · emasculated · toothless · blunted · castrated · muzzled · hobbled
innocuous
Causing no harm
- benignNot harmful or threatening
- gentleSoft and kind
- nonthreateningCausing no alarm
tame · docile · inoffensive · mild · safe · unthreatening · peaceful · toothless · ineffectual · meek
toothless
Having no teeth
extraction · jawbone · incisors · canines · molars · bite · mouthless