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unsound
[ uhn-sound ]
adjective
- not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.
- decayed or impaired, as timber or foods; defective.
Synonyms: unwholesome, rotten
- not solid or firm, as foundations.
- not well-founded or valid; fallacious:
an unsound argument.
- easily broken; light:
unsound slumber.
- not financially strong; unreliable:
an unsound corporation.
unsound
/ ʌnˈsaʊnd /
adjective
- diseased, weak, or unstable
of unsound mind
- unreliable or fallacious
unsound advice
- lacking solidity, strength, or firmness
unsound foundations
- of doubtful financial or commercial viability
an unsound enterprise
- (of fruit, timber, etc) not in an edible or usable condition
Derived Forms
- unˈsoundly, adverb
- unˈsoundness, noun
Other Words From
- un·soundly adverb
- un·soundness noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Zimmerman, the county assessor, recently described it as being in unsound condition, meaning it’s “practically unfit for use,” according to the assessor’s handbook.
The logic here was a little unsound—if I remember the S.S. Titanic story, “Iceberg” would have been the right name.
Ms Zhang said the church had been illegally built and was structurally unsound.
He looked at me narrowly, much as Doctor Archer used to, and I knew he thought I was mentally unsound.
That could easily prove an unsound assumption, but bear with me.
Would they set a precedent and redefine the law because they viewed it as legally unsound?
Your religion does not make it—its ethics are too weak, its theories too unsound, its transcendentalism is too thin.
But it was in the course of this period 1834-47 that persons of unsound mind became recognised as a distinct class.
Coronado, on his part, hooted in his soul at Mrs. Stanley's whimsies, and half supposed her to be of unsound mind.
Bois l'Hery's horses were unsound, Schwalbach's gallery was a swindle, Moessard's articles a recognised blackmail.
His letters and speeches also show that he was not conversant with political economy, and that his social views were unsound.
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