eivahingoittavia

Eivahingoittavia is a Finnish term that can be read as a negated participial form meaning “not injurious” or “not harmful.” In practice it is used to describe substances, actions, or effects that do not cause harm. The expression often appears in health, safety, and environmental contexts where the emphasis is on avoiding harm to people or the environment.

Formation and grammar: eivahingoittavia is built from ei (not) plus vahingoittava (injurious), with vahingoittava taking the plural form vahingoittavia when describing plural nouns. In standard Finnish, the phrase is typically written as two words: ei vahingoittavia. In some technical or stylistic contexts, the component may appear adjacent in compound terms or headings, but the two-word form is most common in ordinary text.

Usage: The construction is used to characterise products, processes, or results that do not cause harm. It is common in risk assessments, regulatory language, and product descriptions where the aim is to emphasize safety and non-harm. Typical collocations include vahingoittavia (injurious) versus ei vahingoittavia (not injurious), and related phrases such as vaikutuksia (effects) or aineita (substances).

Examples:

- Tutkimus osoitti, että käytöllä ei ole vahingoittavia vaikutuksia. (The use does not have harmful effects.)

- Tuotteet on suunniteltu siten, että niiden vaikutukset ovat eivahingoittavia. (The products are designed to have non-harmful effects.)

See also: vahingoittava (harmful), vahingoittamaton or vahingoittamaton (harmless), vahingoittaminen (to injure).

References: Kielitoimiston sanakirja; Finnish grammar references on adjektivoi/partitiivinen käyttö.