toimimattomia

Toimimattomia is a Finnish adjective form meaning nonfunctional or inoperative. It is the plural partitive form of the adjective toimimaton, which is derived from the verb toimia (to function) with a negative suffix to indicate absence of function. The basic, nominative plural form is toimimattomat, while toimimattomia appears when the described noun is in the partitive case or when the quantity is indefinite.

In usage, toimimattomia typically describes devices, equipment, software, or components that do not work as intended. It is common in inventories, maintenance reports, and technical descriptions. For example: Laitteista löytyi useita toimimattomia laitteita. (Several nonfunctional devices were found among the equipment.) Projektin testipenkissä on toimimattomia ohjelmisto-moduuleja. (There are nonfunctional software modules in the project test bench.) Käyttöohjeessa lueteltiin toimimattomia komponentteja, joita tulee korjata ennen käyttöönottoa. (The manual lists nonfunctional components that must be repaired before deployment.)

Grammatically, toimimattomia is used with plural nouns in partitive or other contexts requiring the partitive form; the corresponding nominative plural is toimimattomat, and the singular forms are toimimaton (masculine/neuter) or toimimaton as needed in the sentence. The term is primarily a descriptive label rather than a standalone concept, reflecting Finnish grammar where adjectives adapt to number and case just like nouns.