vastuuttavia

Vastuuttavia is a Finnish adjective form used to describe actions, attitudes, or statements that lack responsibility or accountability. It is the partitive plural form of vastuuttava, and it typically precedes a plural noun in the partitive, as in vastuuttavia tekoja, vastuuttavia lausuntoja, or vastuuttavia käytäntöjä.

Etymology: the word is derived from vastuu, meaning responsibility, with the participial suffix -ttava to form a descriptor for behavior characterized by a lack of responsibility. In Finnish, -ttava adjectives follow regular inflection patterns, so vastuuttavia is used before plural nouns in the partitive case.

Usage and nuance: vastuuttavia is common in journalism, opinion pieces, and everyday discourse when criticizing conduct that avoids accountability. It carries a negative evaluation and is more evaluative than neutral, but it is less harsh than some legal or technical terms. The opposite concept is vastuullinen (responsible), with related nouns such as vastuullisuus (sense of responsibility) and vastuunotto (taking responsibility).

Examples:

- Hallitus tekee vastuuttavia tekoja. (The government is taking irresponsible actions.)

- Julkaistut tiedot sisältsivät vastuuttomia ja vastuuttavia lausuntoja. (The published information included irresponsible and irresponsible statements.)

See also: vastuullinen, vastuu, vastuuttomuus, vastuullisuus.