hidastetuilla

Hidastetuilla is a Finnish term that functions as the adessive plural form of the past passive participle hidastettu, meaning “slowed down.” It is used as an adjective-like modifier to refer to multiple entities that have been slowed or impeded in some way. The construction is common in formal or technical Finnish, such as in reports, analyses, and journalistic writing.

Grammar and usage

Hidastettu is formed from the verb hidastua or hidastuttaa, and its past passive participle serves as a descriptor of something that has been slowed. In plural, the form changes to hidastetuilla to agree with a plural noun in the adessive case (indicating location or reference, roughly “on/with the slowed-down ones”). The corresponding related forms include hidastetut (nominative plural) and other case forms such as hidastetuissa (inessive plural) depending on the sentence.

Common contexts

- Describing delays in processes or schedules: “hidastetuilla prosesseilla” (with the processes that have been slowed) or “hidastetuilla aikatauluilla” (with the schedules that have slowed down).

- Describing transportation or logistics where certain services operate at reduced speed: “hidastetuilla junavuoroilla” (on the slowed-down train runs).

- In reports or analyses that discuss impediments or efficiency losses, highlighting what has been slowed down rather than simply delayed.

Notes

The term is more typical in written, technical, or formal language than in everyday speech. It emphasizes the condition of being slowed down and is distinct from more general words for delay or slowdown.

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