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	Superlative2
Common singular	oduglig	odugligare	odugligast
Neuter singular	odugligt	odugligare	odugligast
Plural	odugliga	odugligare	odugligast
Masculine plural3	oduglige	odugligare	odugligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	oduglige	odugligare	odugligaste
All	odugliga	odugligare	odugligaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• odugling

References

• oduglig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• oduglig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)