Epäedullisissa

Epäedullisissa is the plural inessive form of the Finnish adjective epäedullinen, meaning "unfavorable" or "disadvantageous" in English. Morphologically it consists of the negative prefix epä- + edullinen ("advantageous"), with the case ending -issa marking "in" or "within" and indicating plurality. Used in contexts like epäedullisissa olosuhteissa ("in unfavorable conditions") or epäedullisissa tilanteissa ("in disadvantageous situations"), the form denotes location or circumstance where conditions are disadvantageous.

As an adjective, epäedullinen inflects for case and number; the nominative singular is epäedullinen and the nominative plural epäedulliset. Comparative and superlative forms follow regular patterns (epäedullisempi, epäedullisin). The word is common in formal and neutral registers, appearing in news, academic writing, policy documents and everyday speech when describing circumstances, outcomes or positions that are not beneficial.

Synonyms and near-synonyms include huono (bad), epäedullinen is more specific to comparative advantage, while antonyms include edullinen (advantageous) and suotuisa (favourable). Etymologically it derives from Finnish roots rather than borrowings. Usage notes: epäedullisissa is typically accompanied by a noun denoting the domain (olosuhteissa, tilanteissa, olosuhteissa), and its nuance can vary from mild inconvenience to significant disadvantage depending on context.