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Unsoundness

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un·sound

[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.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME; see un-¹, sound²

]

—Related forms

un·sound·ly, adverb

un·sound·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. infirm, sick, ill, unhealthy. 2. rotten, unwholesome. 4. false, erroneous, faulty.

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un·sound (ŭn-sound') Pronunciation Key
adj. un·sound·er, un·sound·est

Not dependably strong or solid.
Not physically or mentally healthy.
Not true or logically valid; fallacious: an unsound conclusion.

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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