4 dictionary results for: unsoundness
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un·sound
[uhn-sound] Pronunciation Key
[uhn-sound] Pronunciation Key –adjective, -er, -est.
| 1. | not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind. |
| 2. | decayed or impaired, as timber or foods; defective. |
| 3. | not solid or firm, as foundations. |
| 4. | not well-founded or valid; fallacious: an unsound argument. |
| 5. | easily broken; light: unsound slumber. |
| 6. | not financially strong; unreliable: an unsound corporation. |
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| un·sound
(ŭn-sound') Pronunciation Key
adj. un·sound·er, un·sound·est
un·sound'ly adv., un·sound'ness n. |
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| unsoundness | |
noun | |
| 1. | a condition of damage or decay [ant: soundness] |
| 2. | a misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid; "the unsoundness of his conclusion was obvious" |
| 3. | not mentally or physically healthy; "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind" [ant: firmness, soundness] |
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unsoundness
unsoundness: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
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