underlägsen
Swedish
Adjective
underlägsen (comparative underlägsnare, superlative underlägsnast)
- inferior, outmatched
- Antonym: överlägsen
Usage notes
Sometimes with connotations of submissiveness due to (perceived) inferiority to others.
Declension
| Inflection of underlägsen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | underlägsen | underlägsnare | underlägsnast |
| Neuter singular | underlägset | underlägsnare | underlägsnast |
| Plural | underlägsna | underlägsnare | underlägsnast |
| Masculine plural3 | underlägsne | underlägsnare | underlägsnast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | underlägsne | underlägsnare | underlägsnaste |
| All | underlägsna | underlägsnare | underlägsnaste |
| 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 | |||
References
- underlägsen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- underlägsen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- underlägsen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)