Epäonnistuneissa

Epäonnistuneissa is a Finnish grammatical form of the adjective participle epäonnistunut, meaning "failed" or "unsuccessful." It is the inessive plural form, used to describe multiple nouns in the sense of "in the failed ones" or "among the unsuccessful ones." This form follows Finnish noun-adjective agreement rules and is typically used when the noun it modifies is plural and in the inessive case, for example in phrases that specify location or situation.

In practical use, epäonnistuneissa appears as part of expressions that refer to groups of things, events, or endeavors that did not succeed. It is common in business, research, and project reporting to discuss lessons learned from such cases. The form is neutral and descriptive, not inherently judgmental, and it relies on the surrounding noun to convey what specifically failed.

Examples:

- Raportissa käsitellään epäonnistuneissa projekteissa havaittuja syitä. (The report discusses the causes observed in failed projects.)

- Koulutuksessa analysoitiin epäonnistuneissa kokeiluissa syntyneitä virheitä. (In the training, mistakes arising in failed experiments were analyzed.)

- Epäonnistuneissa hankkeissa voidaan oppia arvokkaita opetuksia. (There are valuable lessons to be learned from failed ventures.)

Morphologically, epäonnistuneissa is formed from epäonnistunut plus the inessive plural suffix -issa/-issä, yielding the form appropriate for back-vowel or front-vowel harmony as required by the noun it accompanies. Related terms include epäonnistuminen (failure) and epäonnistuneisuus (the state of being unsuccessful).