못지않다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be as ... as
Every form of 못지않다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 못지않은
- 아/어Infinitive
- 못지않아
- -으니Since
- 못지않으니
- 합니다Formal
- 못지않습니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 못지않아요 | 못지않습니다 | 못지않아 | 못지않다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 못지않았어요 | 못지않았습니다 | 못지않았어 | 못지않았다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 못지않겠어요 | 못지않겠습니다 | 못지않겠어 | 못지않겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 못지않을 거예요 | 못지않을 것입니다 | 못지않을 거야 | 못지않을 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 못지않아요? | 못지않습니까? | 못지않아? | 못지않으니? |
| 과거Past | 못지않았어요? | 못지않았습니까? | 못지않았어? | 못지않았니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 못지않아요 | 안 못지않습니다 | 안 못지않아 | 안 못지않다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 못지않지 않아요 | 못지않지 않습니다 | 못지않지 않아 | 못지않지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 못지않으세요 | 못지않으십니다 | 못지않으셔 | 못지않으시다 |
| 과거Past | 못지않으셨어요 | 못지않으셨습니다 | 못지않으셨어 | 못지않으셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 못지않은
- 과거Past
- 못지않은
- 미래Future
- 못지않을
- 회상Used to
- 못지않던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 못지않고
- -게-ly / so that
- 못지않게
- -어서so / and then
- 못지않아서
- -으니까since
- 못지않으니까
- -으면if / when
- 못지않으면
- -지만but
- 못지않지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 못지않은데
- -어도even if
- 못지않아도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2(에) 못지않다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
여기도 다른 곳 못지않게 괜찮네요 그렇군요
This is as good a spot as any. Right.
오늘도 어제 못지않게 덥다.
Today is just as hot as yesterday.
자료에 따르면 ESG 성과가 더 나은 기업의 주식이 다른 회사에 못지않게 좋은 성과를 내고 있다고 합니다.
The data shows that stocks with better ESG performance perform just as well as others.
어르신도 젊었을 때는 오드리 햅번 못지않게 고우셨겠는데요
I bet when you were young, you were as pretty as Audrey Hepburn
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 못지않다 in Korean?
못지않다 (to be as ... as) is 못지않아요 in the polite 해요체, 못지않습니다 in formal 합니다체, 못지않아 in casual 반말 and 못지않다 in the plain written style. The past is 못지않았어요.
What is the past tense of 못지않다?
못지않았어요 in everyday polite speech, 못지않았습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 못지않아 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 못지않다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 못지않습니다, 못지않아, 못지않으니 all keep 못지않 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 못지않다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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