epämuodostuneeseen

epämuodostuneeseen is the illative singular form of the Finnish adjective epämuodostunut, meaning malformed or not properly formed. The prefix epä- conveys negation, and muodostunut is the past participle of muodostua, “to form” or “to develop.” In Finnish, adjectives decline for case and number, so the illative singular form appears when the modified noun is in the illative case, indicating direction toward or into something.

In practice, epämuodostuneeseen is mainly found in technical or clinical contexts. It describes a state or quality of being malformed within a larger object or area. The form is most often attached to nouns in illative, such as rakenteeseen (into a malformed structure) or kudokseen (into malformed tissue), where the adjective governs the illative noun phrase. Because illative forms of adjectives follow the same noun-phrase rules as other modifiers, epämuodostuneeseen can pair with singular, countable nouns in that case.

Usage notes:

- The term is common in medicine, biology, anatomy, and related scientific writing, where precise description of abnormal development or structure is required.

- In everyday Finnish, speakers are more likely to use epämuodostunut (nominative) or the noun form epämuodostuneisuus to refer to malformation in general.

- The related forms include epämuodostunut (base form) and epämuodostuneisuus (malformation as a noun); verbs such as epämuodostua describe the process.

See also: epämuodostunut, epämuodostuneisuus, muotoutuminen, muotoutua, Finnish illative case.