otillbörlig

Swedish

Etymology

o- +‎ tillbörlig, dating back to Old Swedish, cognate with Norwegian and Danish utilbørlig

Adjective

otillbörlig (comparable mer otillbörlig, superlative mest otillbörlig)

1. improper, undue, unbecoming, unbeseeming, unwarranted, unjust
   • Genesis 34:7 (King James Version vs. Swedish 1917 translation)

     han hade gjort vad som var en galenskap i Israel, i det han hade lägrat Jakobs dotter - en otillbörlig gärning.

     he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

   • Jack London, The God of His Fathers, chapter: The Man with the Gash

     han följde ständigt solen med ögonen, som med otillbörlig hast arbetade sig upp över himlens östliga båge

     his eyes constantly gauging the progress of the sun, which tore up the eastern slope of the heavens with unseemly haste.

Declension

Declension of otillbörlig

Inflections of otillbörlig Comparation by mer and mest
Indefinite singular	Common	otillbörlig
	Neuter	otillbörligt
Definite singular	Masc.	otillbörlige
	All	otillbörliga
Plural		otillbörliga

Related terms

• otillbörligen
• otillbörlighet

References

• otillbörlig in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• otillbörlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.