overksam

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Swedish

Etymology

From o- +‎ verksam. Cognate of German unwirksam, Danish uvirksom, English unworksome.

Adjective

overksam (comparative mer overksam, superlative mest overksam)

  1. inactive; ineffective
    Antonym: verksam

Declension

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

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