omdömeslös

Swedish

Etymology

omdöme (“judgement”) +‎ -s- +‎ -lös (“-less”)

Adjective

omdömeslös (not comparable)

  1. injudicious (lacking in or showing a lack of good judgement)
    Antonym: omdömesgill
    Att ta med så många hundar på tåget var omdömeslöst
    Bringing that many dogs onto the train was an ill-judged decision

Usage notes

A more everyday translation might be misguided, indiscriminate, ill-judged or the like, depending on context, but injudicious seems to best match the meaning.

Declension

Inflection of omdömeslös
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular omdömeslös — —
neuter singular omdömeslöst — —
plural omdömeslösa — —
masculine plural2 omdömeslöse — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 omdömeslöse — —
all omdömeslösa — —

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.

References

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