epätäydellistä

Epätäydellistä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective epätäydellinen, meaning incomplete or imperfect. It is used to describe something that is not fully present or finished, typically when the described quantity or aspect is indefinite or not fully known. Common contexts include discussions of information, data, or evidence, for example: raportti sisältää epätäydellistä tietoa (the report contains incomplete information).

grammatically, epätäydellistä is an inflected form that follows Finnish adjective declension rules. The base adjective epätäydellinen can take many cases and numbers, and its partitive singular form is epätäydellistä. This form often appears with nouns in the partitive case, such as epätäydellistä tietoa, epätäydellistä näyttöä, or epätäydellistä aineistoa. It is not a standalone predicate but a dependent form that accompanies a noun.

In meaning and usage, epätäydellistä emphasizes partiality or insufficiency rather than a definitive negation of existence. It is distinct from puutteellinen, another Finnish adjective that also conveys deficiency but with a nuance of lacking essential parts or quality. Epätäydellistä focuses more on the incompleteness of knowledge, data, or representation.

See also: epätäydellinen (the base adjective), epätäydellisyys (incompleteness). The term is common in formal writing, research reports, and analytical discourse where the extent of information or evidence is not fully adequate for a definite conclusion.