kilpailullisen

Kilpailullisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective kilpailullinen, which means related to competition or competitive in nature. The base is formed from the noun kilpa/kilpailu (competition) plus the suffix -llinen, a common way in Finnish to create adjectives describing a quality or characteristic. As a grammatical form, kilpailullisen signals possession or relation in phrases where the modified noun is in the genitive case.

In usage, kilpailullinen and its inflected forms describe things characterized by competition, such as markets, environments, strategies or attitudes. It is commonly found in business, economics, sports and policy discourse to convey that competition is a central feature. The form kilpailullisen is most often seen within noun phrases in which the following noun is in genitive (for example, kilpailullisen ympäristön analysointi, the analysis of the competitive environment).

Examples and context illustrate its meaning without changing sense: kilpailullisen ympäristön analysointi (analysis of the competitive environment), kilpailullisten olosuhteiden vaikutus (the effect of competitive conditions), kilpailullisen edun tavoittelu (pursuit of a competitive advantage). While kilpailullisen is a specific inflected form, the base adjective kilpailullinen is used in nominative contexts such as kilpailullinen markkina (competitive market). Related concepts include kilpaileva (contending), kilpailullisuus (the quality of being competitive), and the broader noun kilpaileminen (competition).

See also: kilpa, kilpailu, kilpailullisuus, kilpaileva.