lottlös

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Swedish

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Etymology

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lott (share) +‎ -lös (-less)

Adjective

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lottlös (not comparable)

  1. empty-handed, shareless (receiving no share (of something distributed, for example prizes or an inheritance))
    Regissören blev lottlös på Oscarsgalan
    The director left the Oscars ceremony empty-handed ("was shareless at the Oscars ceremony")
    Sambon gick lottlös ur striden med arvingarna
    His partner came away empty-handed from her battle with the heirs ("went shareless out of the battle with the heirs")

Usage notes

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Also literally means "ticket-less," which sometimes inspires puns.

Declension

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Inflection of lottlös
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lottlös
Neuter singular lottlöst
Plural lottlösa
Masculine plural3 lottlöse
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lottlöse
All lottlösa
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

See also

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