tasapainoisempaa

Tasapainoisempaa is a Finnish linguistic form that functions as the partitive singular of the comparative adjective tasapainoisempi, which means more balanced or well-balanced. It arises from the base adjective tasapainoinen (balanced) and its comparative form, and is used when the modified noun is in the partitive case or in constructions that require a partitive object.

In practice, tasapainoisempaa is used to compare two or more things by describing the thing in a context that takes the partitive. For example, tasapainoisempaa ruokavaliota means “a more balanced diet” (rockatively referred to in partitive form), tasapainoisempaa aikataulua means “a more balanced timetable,” and tasapainoisempaa elämäntapaa means “a more balanced lifestyle.” The corresponding standalone predicate form is tasapainoisempi, as in Se on tasapainoisempi vaihtoehto, meaning “It is a more balanced option.”

The form is common in writing about lifestyle, health, design, and planning, where balance between factors (health and nutrition, work and leisure, form and function) is being contrasted. It is typically not used as a bare predicate without a noun in a case that requires a partitive; in such cases the nominative comparative tasapainoisempi is used.

Etymologically, tasapainoisempaa combines tasapainoinen (balanced) with the comparative suffix -empi and the partitive singular ending -a, yielding a form that signals a more balanced quality within a partial or indefinite object.