Definitions
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- adjective That lacks the number sufficient to form a
quorum
Etymologies
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Examples
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The initial suspension of Madisha was apparently unconstitutional, having been decided by the executive at an inquorate meeting.
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Dr Evan Harris, the Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, said the six resignations from the government's advisory council on the misuse of drugs had left it inquorate and legally unable to issue formal advice to the home secretary.
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So, by declaring an interest, I thus made the body inquorate, and they could not reach a view.
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When told the meeting was inquorate and occupancy of chalets would not be debated, residents in the public gallery shouted "shameful".
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The meeting was declared inquorate after Cllr Muriel Miller declared an interest.
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I was at Lancaster University, sleepwalking through my first year of university, reading James Kelman and adapting to a diet of marmite sandwiches and inquorate Branch meetings of the Lancaster SPGB when I heard the news.
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I was at Lancaster University, sleepwalking through my first year of university, reading James Kelman and adapting to a diet of marmite sandwiches and inquorate Branch meetings of the Lancaster SPGB when I heard the news.
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I was at Lancaster University, sleepwalking through my first year of university, reading James Kelman and adapting to a diet of marmite sandwiches and inquorate Branch meetings of the Lancaster SPGB when I heard the news.
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MONDAY’S STUDENT UNION MEETING was, as is traditional, inquorate.
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MONDAY’S STUDENT UNION MEETING was, as is traditional, inquorate.
mollusque commented on the word inquorate
Lacking a quorum.
January 21, 2008
asativum commented on the word inquorate
I think this is my new favorite word. Just think, next time you're mad at a legislator, you can accuse him/her of being inquorate. Unless their legislative body has convened, I suppose.
January 21, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word inquorate
Can a person be inquorate? Probably not, and yet, upon reading this word and mollusque's definition, my first thought, which came on quite strongly and unexpectedly, was: "I feel like this most days."
January 21, 2008
reesetee commented on the word inquorate
I can understand that. My brain typically lacks a quorum.
January 22, 2008