oduglig

Swedish

Etymology

o- (“un-”) +‎ duglig (“capable, able”)

Adjective

oduglig (comparative odugligare, superlative odugligast)

  1. inept, useless
    Han är oduglig som lärare
    He's inept as a teacher
    Den här kniven är oduglig att skära bröd med
    This knife is useless for cutting bread

Declension

Inflection of oduglig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular oduglig odugligare odugligast
neuter singular odugligt odugligare odugligast
plural odugliga odugligare odugligast
masculine plural2 oduglige odugligare odugligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 oduglige odugligare odugligaste
all odugliga odugligare odugligaste

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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