• Still, the grammatical rule, Macgregor points out, is that the adjective, when qualifying two nouns of different genders, agrees with the masculine or feminine noun rather than with the neuter noun, irrespective of position.
• The vast majority of nouns are masculine or feminine, though there are a few neuter nouns.
• I decided that it was time to catch up with the rest of the world, and most other news organisations refer to ships as neuter.

• My dog is neuter.

• English also has some Latin neuter singulars, ending in um, with a plural ending in A - bacterium is an example, the plural is bacteria; nobody says bacteriums.
• The feminine pronoun she was often used for the United States as well, but he says that ‘of late years we have gradually drifted into the custom of adopting the neuter it, which makes necessary the use of the singular verb.’

• The worker ant, although in common parlance a "neuter," is structurally a female.
• The worker ant, although in common parlance a "neuter," is structurally a female.

• Spayed or neutered cats are often more friendly with their owners than they would usually be.
• The only way to remove an unwanted recessive like long hair from a breeding program is to spay or neuter all kittens who inherit that trait and all cats who produce it.
• The other compelling reason to spay or neuter your pet is the very real fact that there are not enough loving homes available to adopt all the needy pets.

Synonyms

• Under your watch, the electoral system is being neutered and rendered ineffective.
• He believes that neutering the detective powers of the police service has been one of the key political objectives of Sinn Fein.
• Let's not forget that it was Labor who allowed Ahern out of question time because of one of their side deals that effectively neutered certain opposition powers.