Mitätöi

Mitätöi is the present tense, third-person singular form of the Finnish verb mitätöidä, which means to invalidate, nullify, or render something without legal effect. The verb is used when an authority or decision-maker declares an action, document, decision, or measure void or not binding. It is commonly found in legal, administrative, and organizational contexts, but can appear in journalism and everyday language as well.

Mitätöidä belongs to verbs that describe official acts of invalidation. The act can concern decisions, contracts, votes, licenses, or other formal instruments. Typical subjects are government bodies, courts, regulatory agencies, or organizations with delegated authority. In practice, a mitätöiminen or mitätöinti (the act or process of invalidation) may follow procedural steps and may be subject to appeals or subsequent revision.

Grammatically, mitätöidä forms standard Finnish verb patterns. The infinitive is mitätöidä, and the verb appears in finite forms such as mitätöi (he/she invalidates), mitätöin (I invalidate), mitätöimme (we invalidate), mitätöitte (you plural invalidate), and mitätöivät (they invalidate). The noun mitätöinti refers to the act of invalidating, and mitätöity is the participle meaning “invalidated.”

Common synonyms or related terms include kumota (to revoke or annul) and peruuttaa (to cancel). In legal or formal writing, mitätöinti is often used to describe the outcome or status change of a decision or document that has been declared void.