Ohitettuja

Ohitettuja is a Finnish grammatical form used to refer to things that have been bypassed, overlooked, or left out. It is the plural partitive form of the past passive participle of the verb ohittaa, which means to bypass, omit, or overlook. In Finnish, past passive participles can function as adjectives, and ohitettuja is typically used with nouns in the partitive case to indicate indefinite or non-specific referents.

Common contexts for ohitettuja include research, planning, journalism, and policy analysis, where certain aspects, options, or events are not considered or are intentionally excluded from a summary, discussion, or dataset. For example, phrases such as ohitettuja seikkoja (aspects that have been left out), ohitettuja vaihtoehtoja (options that were bypassed), or ohitettuja tapahtumia (events that were overlooked) are used to communicate omissions or exclusions in a neutral way.

Usage notes: ohitettuja carries a nuance of omission, which may be due to methodological choices, practical constraints, or interpretive decisions. It is often contrasted with terms referring to included or emphasized elements. While synonyms exist (for example, phrases meaning left out or overlooked), ohitettuja specifically signals that the subject has been bypassed in a formal or analytical sense. Its exact meaning can depend on context, the noun it accompanies, and the surrounding discourse.