heikentäviä
Heikentäviä is the present active participle of the Finnish verb heikentää, meaning “to weaken.” It functions as an adjective describing something that causes a weakening effect. The form is commonly used in phrases referring to factors, impacts, or processes that reduce strength, performance, or quality. When modifying plural nouns in a partitive context, the form appears as heikentäviä, for example in heikentäviä tekijöitä or heikentäviä vaikutuksia.
Grammatically, heikentävä is one of the Finnish present active participles. It is used attributively and inflects
Usage and nuance: heikentäviä is common in scholarly, technical, and policy-related writing, where there is a
Related terms include the verb heikentää (to weaken), the adjectival form heikentävä (weakening), and the noun