inquorate

English

Etymology

in- + quorate

Adjective

inquorate (not comparable)

  1. That lacks the number sufficient to form a quorum.
    • 2012, Greville G. Corbett, Features, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 85:
      We should treat them as individual exceptions; the agreement class is inquorate and is not the basis for a fifth gender value, with just two nouns.
    • 2013, Greville G. Corbett, The Expression of Gender, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 96:
      None of these three classes should be recognized as a gender value, since they have insufficient members: they are “inquorate”.

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