epätarkkoihin

Epätarkkoihin is a Finnish adjective form derived from epätarkka, meaning imprecise or inexact. It is the plural illative form used when the noun it modifies is plural and in illative case, for example epätarkkoihin tietoihin. The illative form often conveys movement toward or into a set or collection, so epätarkkoihin tietoihin can be translated as “into/imprecise data” or, in context, “to the imprecise data.”

Morphology and usage

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they describe in number and case. For the plural illative, epätarkka takes the ending -koihin, yielding epätarkkoihin when describing a plural noun in illative. This form commonly appears in technical, scientific, or analytical text, where the quality or reliability of information is being discussed.

Examples

- Tutkimuksen johtopäätökset perustuivat epätarkkoihin tietoihin. (The study’s conclusions were based on imprecise data.)

- Kirjoittaja varoittelee epätarkkoihin tietoihin pohjautuvien väitteiden riskeistä. (The author warns about the risks of claims based on imprecise data.)

Related forms

Epätarkka is the base adjective; epätarkkaan, epätarkkaan, epätarkka, epätarkkoja, and other case forms cover singular and plural, nominative, genitive, partitive, and other cases. The negative prefix epä- combined with tarkka yields epätarkka, the common term for lack of precision.

See also

epätarkka, epätarkkuus, Finnish adjective declension, illative case.