Vahingollisella

Vahingollisella is the adessive singular form of the Finnish adjective vahingollinen, meaning harmful or injurious. The base adjective vahingollinen is formed from vahinko (damage) with the suffix -llinen, which creates an adjective describing something that can cause harm. Vahingollisella is used to describe manner, instrument, or circumstances in which harm occurs, typically with a noun in the adessive case.

In practical usage, vahingollisella appears mainly in written or formal Finnish. It combines with nouns in the adessive to convey “in a harmful way” or “with a harmful effect.” Common phrases include vahingollisella tavalla (in a harmful way), vahingollisella toiminnalla (with harmful action), and vahingollisella vaikutuksella (with a harmful effect). The related adverb vahingollisesti means “harmfully.”

Related terms and distinctions: vahingollinen is a broader synonym of haitallinen (harmful), but vahingollinen often emphasizes the potential to cause damage or injury. The noun form vahingollisuus means harmfulness. As a contrast to everyday speech, vahingollisella is most often found in formal descriptions of risks, regulations, or scientific writing.

Examples:

- Vahingollisella tavalla käytetty teknologia voi aiheuttaa terveysriskejä. (Technology used in a harmful way can pose health risks.)

- Lainsäädäntö pyrkii rajoittamaan vahingollisella toiminnalla aiheutuvia ympäristöhaittoja. (Legislation aims to limit environmental damages caused by harmful activity.)

- Tutkimus osoitti vahingollisen vaikutuksen vahingollisella tavalla toteutetussa kokeessa. (The study showed a harmful effect in the experiment conducted in a harmful manner.)

See also: haitallinen, vahingollisuus, vahingoitta.