If one generation has only two narrators while the others have more than three, what follows under the definition of mashhūr taught here?

Mashhūr Hadith and the Two Uses of Mustafīḍ

• The larger numbers elsewhere make up for the smaller generation.
• It is mashhūr if the total number of narrators exceeds three.
• The generation with two means this definition of mashhūr is not fulfilled.