häviöllistä

Häviöllistä is a Finnish adjective meaning loss-making or unprofitable. It is used to describe activities, investments, products or enterprises that produce a net loss. The term stems from the noun häviö (loss) and the typical adjectival suffix -llinen. The form häviöllistä is the partitive singular used before a noun in phrases such as häviöllistä toimintaa or häviöllistä liiketoimintaa; the nominative form is häviöllinen.

In economic and accounting discourse, häviöllistä is employed to distinguish between profitable and unprofitable elements. A company may have häviöllistä liiketoimintaa (loss-making business) or report häviöitä (losses). Häviöllinen can describe temporary deficits as well as structural unprofitability, in which case management might consider strategic changes such as downsizing or exiting a market or product line. The concept is closely related to tappio (loss) and to kannattavuus, the broader notion of profitability or viability.

Common usage occurs in corporate reporting, journalism and analyses discussing market strategies, cost structures, and financial health. For example, a firm might review häviöllistä tuotantoa (loss-making production) to decide whether to suspend or discontinue it. While some loss-making activities may be temporarily tolerable for strategic reasons, sustained häviöllistä toimintaa typically indicates the need for corrective actions to restore profitability.