förfelad
Förfelad is a Swedish adjective formed as the past participle of the verb förfela. The core meaning is that something has been done wrongly, incorrectly, or has failed to achieve its intended result. The term is relatively formal or literary and is more common in written Swedish than in casual speech. It can describe actions, plans, decisions, or things that are defective or unsuccessful due to error or misjudgment.
Inflection and usage: when used attributively with singular common gender nouns, the form is förfelad (en förfelad
Etymology: förfelad derives from the verb förfela, which carries the sense of causing something to fail, go
Related terms: synonyms include felaktig (faulty, erroneous) and misslyckad (failed, unsuccessful). The term contrasts with ordentlig/
See also: samband with fault- and error-related vocabulary in Swedish, such as misstag (mistake) and fel (fault).
Overall, förfelad communicates that an action or result did not meet expectations due to error, and it