Adjective

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Lacking a subject

*{{quote-book, year=1840, author=Thomas Carlyle, title=Heroes and Hero Worship, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The subjects without King can do nothing; the subjectless King can do something. }}

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 15, author=Ann Hodgman, title=Children’s Books, work=New York Times citation

, passage=“We’re here to help you” versus “Were here to help you” makes no sense; a subjectless , past-tense message — as in, “The doctors were here to help you, but now they’re gone” — has scarcely appeared in the history of the universe. }}

* {{quote-news, year=1992, date=May 8, author=Mitchell Stevens, title=Andrew Young, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=Using a painstaking technique favored by 15th-century Italians for their most sacred images, Young makes disarmingly beautiful pictures in a loose, almost subjectless language of color and texture and form. }}