eipositiivinen
Eipositiivinen is a nonstandard Finnish adjective formed from ei- meaning "not" and positiivinen meaning "positive." The term does not have broad acceptance and is rarely found in standard dictionaries. In formal Finnish, the semantically closest expressions are epäpositiivinen or ei-positiivinen, or simply negatiivinen when describing polarity. Because the composition eipositiivinen as a single word is not conventional, it is often regarded as a misspelling, a playful coinage, or a dialectal/ informal variant.
Etymology and form: the intended sense mirrors the ordinary negation pattern ei- or epä- with the base
Usage and interpretation: when encountered, eipositiivinen typically means "not positive" in a broad sense. In technical
See also: epäpositiivinen, ei-positiivinen, negatiivinen, positiivinen, nonpositive.