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puutteellinen.

insufficient, inadequate, lacking

13 characters4 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈpuːtːeːlːinen/[ˈpuːt̪ːe̞ːlˌline̞n]
  1. insufficient, inadequate, lacking

  2. incomplete

Where this word comes from

puute (“lack, deficiency, shortcoming”) + -llinen. Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.

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