Täyttämättä

Täyttämättä is a Finnish linguistic and administrative term describing the negative non-finite form of the verb täyttää, meaning to fill or to complete. The form expresses that something has not been filled out or completed, and it is commonly found in formal or official writing to indicate forms, fields, or information that are missing or incomplete.

Usage and meaning: Täyttämättä is used as a participial form to describe a state or action that has not taken place. Examples include hakemus jäi täyttämättä (“the application was left unfilled”) and täyttämättä jättäminen (“the act of not filling out”). The form can function adjectivally, modifying a noun phrase, or adverbially in constructions describing incompleteness. In administrative contexts, täyttämättä often signals missing information or a required action that has not been performed, sometimes implying the need for corrective steps.

Notes: In everyday language, Finns may use alternatives such as ei täytetty or täytetty when describing whether something has been filled. Grammatically, täyttämättä is derived from the verb täyttää with the negative suffix -mättä and belongs to a family of non-finite verb forms used to express negation of completion. Related forms include täyttö (the act of filling), täytetty (filled), and täyttämättömyys (the state of not being filled).