Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Without bite; wanting in ability or desire to bite; harmless.

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Examples

  • So what wines did Mr. Salamone recommend to someone who wanted a biteless wine or one that was smooth?

    Finding the Words for Wine 2010

  • The same whiney crybabies who moaned, complained, bitterly gnashed their feckless biteless teeth when these losers wimped out, quit, gave up without a fight, didn't fight back:

    Obama adds two superdelegates, one's a former Clinton backer 2008

  • Concealed by the volume and hysteria of the biteless bark of protests by promoters of Global Warming Alarmism, was a quiet voice of caution displayed by key figures in the investigation and their most prominent supporters.

    The Hill News on Barton « Climate Audit 2005

  • So everything turned out all right, and to punish that bad fox the green fairy turned him into mosquito that never could bite any one, and the biteless mosquito flew away, buzzing as hard as he could buzz.

    Johnnie and Billie Bushytail 1910

  • The protection is pretty long-lasting: My son's day football camp runs from 8am-1pm this week, and he puts it on before he leaves the house, leaving the actual can home, and he's come home biteless.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2008

  • The protection is pretty long-lasting: My son's day football camp runs from 8am-1pm this week, and he puts it on before he leaves the house, leaving the actual can home, and he's come home biteless.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2008

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