Epäilyttävässä

Epäilyttävässä is a form related to the Finnish adjective epäilyttävä, which means suspicious, dubious, or questionable. The adjective describes something that arouses doubt or distrust, such as a statement, a decision, or an object. In everyday language it is used to characterize things that seem unreliable or open to critique, and it is common in journalism, analysis, and opinion writing when assessing evidence or claims. The meaning can range from mildly doubtful to clearly questionable, depending on context.

Etymology and grammar: epäilyttävä is formed from the noun epäily (doubt, suspicion) with the common Finnish adjectival suffix -ttävä. The word declines like other adjectives and, when describing a noun in the inessive case, takes the form epäilyttävässä. For example, epäilyttävässä valossa means “in a suspicious light,” and epäilyttävä ratkaisu means “a questionable solution.” The form epäilyttävässä is thus the inessive singular used to indicate the manner or condition of the described noun. In other grammatical contexts, other case forms of the adjective are used according to the noun they modify.

Usage notes: epäilyttävä is often contrasted with terms such as mahdollinen or kyseenalainen to convey differing degrees of doubt. It can describe people, actions, evidence, or statements, and it frequently appears in media reports, legal commentary, and analytical writing to flag potential concerns without asserting certainty. As with many Finnish adjectives, exact nuance depends on syntactic placement and accompanying words.