Puututtiin

Puututtiin is a Finnish verb form used to express that something was missing or lacking, stated in the passive voice and past tense. It is derived from the verb puuttua, which means to be absent, to lack, or to be missing. The form conveys that an absence affected a subject, without specifying an agent responsible for the absence.

Grammatical notes: In Finnish, the passive voice allows a statement to be made without naming the doer. Puututtiin denotes a past situation involving a plural or collective subject and describes the state of lacking rather than an action performed by someone. It contrasts with active past forms such as puuttui (it was missing) and puuttivat (they were lacking) in which the subject acts or is described explicitly. The exact morphology follows Finnish passive and tense concord rules, and the form is more common in formal or written Finnish than in casual speech.

Usage: Puututtiin is typically found in contexts discussing shortages, gaps in information, or deficits in resources, data, or conditions. It can appear in official reporting, research writing, and journalistic prose when the focus is on the presence of a deficiency rather than on a specific agent causing it. The term may also appear in more abstract or metaphorical discussions of limitations or missing elements in a system or plan.

See also: puuttua, puuttuminen, puuttuvia tietoja.