lottlös

Swedish

Etymology

lott (“share”) +‎ -lös (“-less”)

Adjective

lottlös (not comparable)

  1. empty-handed, shareless (receiving no share (of something distributed, for example prizes or an inheritance))
    Regissören blev lottlös på Oscarsgalan
    The director left the Oscars ceremony empty-handed ("was shareless at the Oscars ceremony")
    Sambon gick lottlös ur striden med arvingarna
    His partner came away empty-handed from her battle with the heirs ("went shareless out of the battle with the heirs")

Usage notes

Also literally means "ticket-less," which sometimes inspires puns.

Declension

Inflection of lottlös
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular lottlös — —
neuter singular lottlöst — —
plural lottlösa — —
masculine plural2 lottlöse — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 lottlöse — —
all lottlösa — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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