Ylimitoitettu

Ylimitoitettu is a Finnish adjective used to describe something that has exceeded a predefined upper bound. It is commonly found in technical, administrative, and statistical texts to indicate that a parameter, value, or configuration lies outside the allowed range or capacity. The term can apply to numerical limits (such as budgets, capacities, or data fields) and to qualitative constraints that are expressed quantitatively.

In practice, ylimitoitettu may appear in contexts such as data validation, where an input value greater than the maximum permitted triggers an error, in capacity planning to signify that demand exceeds available resources, or in budgeting to flag expenditures that surpass allocated funds. It is not a label of a person or a policy, but of a condition describing a limit breach or over-commitment.

Etymology: formed from yli- meaning over or above and mitoitettu, the past participle of mitoittaa meaning to dimension, size, or allocate. Thus, ylimitoitettu literally conveys the sense of "over-dimensioned" or "over-limit," i.e., exceeding the set limit. The noun form is ylimitoitus, the process or instance of exceeding the limit.

Related terms include mitoitus and ylimitoitus, and similar constructions in Finnish for under- or over- constraints. The exact nuance depends on context: in engineering it often denotes physical capacity being exceeded, while in data or finance it emphasizes rule violations or budget overruns.