Hallitsemattomissa

Hallitsemattomissa is a Finnish adjective form meaning uncontrollable or not governed. It is the inessive plural form of hallitsematon, and is typically used to describe nouns in contexts where authority, regulation, or control is lacking or ineffective. Because it functions as an adjective in a phrase, it usually appears together with a following noun in the inessive case (for example in phrases like hallitsemattomissa oloissa, “in uncontrollable conditions”).

The term is common in formal, journalistic, or analytical writing when discussing political, administrative, or social situations where centralized control is weak, fragmented, or absent. It can also be used more broadly to describe phenomena or processes that escape management or oversight, such as governance gaps, market dynamics, or safety risks. In many sentences hallitsemattomissa conveys a sense of disorder or risk associated with lack of guidance or enforcement.

Grammatically, hallitsematon is the positive form meaning “uncontrolled,” and hallitse- is the stem related to governing. The suffix -maton/-mätön yields the negative participle, and the final -ssa/-issa marks the inessive case, with plural agreement when the modified noun is plural. As a result, hallitsemattomissa appears when referring to multiple uncontrolled conditions, situations, or contexts.

See also: hallitseva, hallittava, hallita. In Finnish usage, hallitsemattomissa emphasizes the absence of control rather than the presence of control, aligning with similar phrases such as “hallitsematonta” or “markkinoilla hallitsematon tilanne.”