osmidig

Swedish

Etymology

From o- (“un-”) +‎ smidig.

Adjective

osmidig (comparative osmidigare, superlative osmidigast)

  1. (of a person) clumsy (physically or otherwise)
    Synonym: klumpig
    Diplomatens svar var osmidigt och gjorde folk arga i onödan
    The diplomat's answer was clumsy and needlessly upset people
  2. clumsy, ungainly, difficult to work with
    Synonym: klumpig
    Ett osmidigt gränssnitt
    A clumsy interface
  3. not flexible, pliable, or malleable (of for example a dough or metal)

Declension

Inflection of osmidig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular osmidig osmidigare osmidigast
neuter singular osmidigt osmidigare osmidigast
plural osmidiga osmidigare osmidigast
masculine plural2 osmidige osmidigare osmidigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 osmidige osmidigare osmidigaste
all osmidiga osmidigare osmidigaste

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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