Ebasobivad

Ebasobivad is an Estonian adjective meaning inappropriate or unsuitable. It is formed from the root sobiv, meaning suitable, with the negating prefix eb-, which yields the sense of not being fitting or appropriate. The form ebasobivad is the plural nominative of the adjective, used to modify plural nouns.

In usage, ebasobivad describes actions, statements, or content that do not meet expected social, professional, or contextual standards. It is common in everyday language, media, education, and regulation to categorize conduct or material as ebasobivad. The adjective can be used with a variety of nouns, such as kommentaarid (comments), sisu (content), or käitumine (behavior).

Grammatically, ebasobiv is the base form, and ebasobivad is the plural form used with plural nouns in the nominative case. As with other Estonian adjectives, it precedes the noun it describes: ebasobivad kommentaarid, ebasobiv sisu, ebasobiv käitumine. It can also take different inflected endings to agree with case and number in sentences.

Ebasobivad is thus a standard descriptor in Estonian for negative evaluation of appropriateness, applicable across contexts ranging from informal speech to formal guidelines. See also sobiv (appropriate) and sobimatu (unsuitable), which share semantic space with ebasobivad.