edilmeyen

Edilmeyen is a Turkish adjective meaning not done or not performed. It is used to describe actions, tasks, or events that have not been carried out. The word arises from the verb etmek (to do/make) in its passive form, with a negation that marks the action as not having occurred. In everyday Turkish, its more common counterpart for not doing something is yapmamak or yapılmayan, but edilmeyen appears in formal, literary, or analytical contexts to emphasize that a particular act was not carried out.

Morphology and use: Edilmeyen is formed by taking the passive stem associated with etmek and adding a negative participle ending. As an attributive adjective, it typically precedes the noun it modifies, as in edilmeyen işler (things not done) or edilmeyen talepler (requests that were not fulfilled). It can also be used in predicative position with a linking verb, though this usage is more formal. The nuance conveyed often centers on obligation, omission, or potential that was not realized.

Context and nuance: In Turkish discourse, edilmeyen carries a sense of unmet expectation or neglected duty, and it is more common in written or critical styles than in colloquial speech. It can contrast with yapilan (done) or yapilmayan (not done) to highlight what remains undone or unsatisfied.

See also: Turkish grammar of passive voice and participles; ed- stem derivatives; yapilan and yapılmayan constructions.