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inquorate

inquorate adjective: that lacks the number sufficient to form a quorum.

Adjective

inquorate (not comparable)

  1. That lacks the number sufficient to form a quorum.
    • 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.2012, Greville G. Corbett, Features, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 85
    • None of these three classes should be recognized as a gender value, since they have insufficient members: they are “inquorate”.2013, Greville G. Corbett, The Expression of Gender, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 96

Origin of inquorate

From in- + quorate.

Questions about inquorate

What does inquorate mean?
Inquorate means that lacks the number sufficient to form a quorum.
What part of speech is inquorate?
Inquorate is an adjective.

Words near inquorate in the dictionary

  1. inquisitress
  2. inquisitresses
  3. inquisitrix
  4. inquisiturient
  5. inquoracy
  6. inquorate
  7. INR
  8. inracinated
  9. inradii
  10. inradius
  11. inrage

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