menettämättä
Menettämättä is a Finnish adverbial participle formed from the verb menettää (to lose) with the suffix -mättä, meaning “without losing.” The form is used to describe actions carried out in a way that does not involve losing something—such as temper, time, or composure—and it often appears in formal or literary contexts. In practice, it functions as an adverbial modifier that can refer to an attitude, a quality, or a resource that remains intact while another action takes place.
Grammatically, menettämättä is used with non-finite meaning and typically accompanies verbs of doing or saying. It
Usage notes: menettämättä is common in written Finnish and in formal spoken Finnish, especially in contexts
See also: Finnish grammar on adverbial participles, the suffix -mättä, and the verb menettää.