otymplig

Swedish

Adjective

otymplig (comparative otympligare, superlative otympligast)

  1. unwieldy (due to large size or unwieldy shape)
    Flyttgubbarna baxade på en stor otymplig bokhylla
    The movers were lugging a large unwieldy bookshelf
  2. (figuratively, also of non-physical things) unwieldy, clumsy, cumbersome
    Programmet har ett otympligt gränssnitt
    The program has an unwieldy/clumsy interface

Declension

Inflection of otymplig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular otymplig otympligare otympligast
neuter singular otympligt otympligare otympligast
plural otympliga otympligare otympligast
masculine plural2 otymplige otympligare otympligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 otymplige otympligare otympligaste
all otympliga otympligare otympligaste

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.

See also

  • åbäke (“something big and unwieldy”)

References

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