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väärin

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See also: vaarin

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋæːrin/, [ˈʋæːrin]
  • Rhymes: -æːrin
  • Syllabification(key): vää‧rin
  • Hyphenation(key): vää‧rin

Etymology 1

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Instructive plural of väärä (wrong).

Adverb

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väärin (comparative vääremmin, superlative väärimmin)

  1. wrongly, incorrectly
    Hän vastasi väärin.
    She answered incorrectly.
    Minä vastasin vääremmin kuin Anne.
    I answered more incorrectly than Anne.
    Minä vastasin väärimmin.
    I answered most incorrectly.
  2. wrongly (in a morally wrong way)
    Hän teki väärin päättäessään olla antamatta hyväntekeväisyyteen.
    She did the wrong thing deciding not to give to charity.
  3. (of a view, opinion, answer) wrong, incorrect, not corresponding to reality (chiefly predicatively after olla)
    Hänen vastauksensa oli väärin.
    Her answer was incorrect.
Usage notes
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  • The superlatives oikein and väärin are rarely appropriate, because right and wrong are often understood as absolutes, and because of the homonymy with much more frequently used adverbs. People tend to circumvent them by saying eniten väärä, lähinnä oikeaa and eniten oikea, choosing another adjective if available (e.g. kiero, oikeanpuoleinen, oikeellinen) or using kaikista as a determiner.
Antonyms
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  • (antonym(s) of wrong: not correspondingly to reality; in a morally wrong way): oikein

Adjective

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väärin

  1. instructive plural of väärä
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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väärin

  1. superlative degree of väärä
Declension
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Possessive forms of väärin (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mpmm gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

Anagrams

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