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unsound

[ uhn-sound ]

adjective

unsounder, unsoundest.
  1. not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.

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  2. decayed or impaired, as timber or foods; defective.

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  3. not solid or firm, as foundations.
  4. not well-founded or valid; fallacious:

    an unsound argument.

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  5. easily broken; light:

    unsound slumber.

  6. not financially strong; unreliable:

    an unsound corporation.



unsound

/ ÊŒ²Ôˈ²õ²¹ÊŠ²Ô»å /

adjective

  1. diseased, weak, or unstable

    of unsound mind

  2. unreliable or fallacious

    unsound advice

  3. lacking solidity, strength, or firmness

    unsound foundations

  4. of doubtful financial or commercial viability

    an unsound enterprise

  5. (of fruit, timber, etc) not in an edible or usable condition
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ³Ü²Ôˈ²õ´Ç³Ü²Ô»å±ô²â, adverb
  • ³Ü²Ôˈ²õ´Ç³Ü²Ô»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ´Ç³Ü²Ô»ål²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ´Ç³Ü²Ô»ån±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of unsound1

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; un- 1, sound 2
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In a brief filed to the court, he called the firm's arguments "meritless and unsound."

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It said another team asked to review the recommendations of Amazon's internal safety study had found that the methodology was "unsound".

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The surface pleasures of “Y2K†are outlandishly fun, but plot-wise, the film is structurally unsound.

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More than half a dozen experts who spoke with The Times said Kennedy’s suggestions that the science around vaccines is unsound would undercut public health.

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The Tax Foundation, a conservative-leaning think tank, called Trump’s pitch “unsound and fiscally irresponsible,†saying it would increase the budget deficit by $1.6 trillion over 10 years.

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