epäonnistuneiden
Epäonnistuneiden is the genitive plural form of the Finnish past participle epäonnistunut, meaning "failed" or "unsuccessful." In Finnish usage it refers to a group of people or things that have failed in some undertaking and is typically used with a following noun in a genitive relation, for example epäonnistuneiden suunnitelmien vaikutukset (the effects of the failed plans). The base form epäonnistunut declines as epäonnistuneet (nominative plural), epäonnistuneiden (genitive plural), epäonnistuneita (partitive plural), and so on, with epäonnistuneiden signaling possession or association with another noun in the genitive case.
Usage and nuance: The term carries a negative connotation and can be pejorative when applied to people.
Etymology and grammar: The word is formed from prefix epä- “not” and the verb onnistua “to succeed,”
Related concepts include epäonnistuminen (failure) and onnistu- (to succeed). The term is primarily a descriptive linguistic