overksam
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From o- + verksam. Cognate of German unwirksam, Danish uvirksom, English unworksome.
Adjective
[edit]overksam (comparative mer overksam, superlative mest overksam)
- inactive; ineffective
- Antonym: verksam
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of overksam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | overksam | mer overksam | mest overksam |
| Neuter singular | overksamt | mer overksamt | mest overksamt |
| Plural | overksamma | mer overksamma | mest overksamma |
| Masculine plural3 | overksamme | mer overksamma | mest overksamma |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | overksamme | mer overksamme | mest overksamme |
| All | overksamma | mer overksamma | mest overksamma |
| 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 | |||