undermålig

Swedish

Etymology

under +‎ mål (“measurement; target”) +‎ -ig. Compare Dutch ondermaats.

Adjective

undermålig (comparative undermåligare, superlative undermåligast)

1. inferior, substandard (of poor quality)

Declension

Inflection of undermålig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	undermålig	undermåligare	undermåligast
neuter singular	undermåligt	undermåligare	undermåligast
plural	undermåliga	undermåligare	undermåligast
masculine plural2	undermålige	undermåligare	undermåligast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	undermålige	undermåligare	undermåligaste
all	undermåliga	undermåligare	undermåligaste

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

• “undermålig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “undermålig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “undermålig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• mål (1.) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)