Meaning of UNSOUND
| Pronunciation: | | un'sawnd
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- [adj] in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
- [adj] of e.g. advice
- [adj] physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
- [adj] suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind"
- [adj] not sound financially; "unsound banking practices"
- [adj] not in good condition; damaged or decayed; "an unsound foundation"
- [adj] containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"
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| | Synonyms: | | bad, bedraggled, broken-down, corroded, damaged, decayed, dilapidated, fallacious, high-risk, insane, insecure, invalid, long, mentally ill, ramshackle, risky, rotted, rotten, speculative, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, undependable, unfit, unhealthy, unreliable, unstable, wildcat |
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| | Antonyms: | | sound | | |
| | See Also: | | broken, injured, unwholesome | |
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| | Definition: | | \Un*sound"\, a.
Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.
-- {Un*sound"ly}, adv. -- {Un*sound"ness}, n.
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