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un·sound
 unsound
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- pronunciation:
- uhn
saUnd
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
not solid, firm, or stable.
unsound wall supports- synonyms:
- insecure, rickety, shaky, unstable, unsteady, weak
- antonyms:
- sound
- similar words:
- crumbling, decayed, decrepit, dilapidated, flimsy, precarious, rotten, unreliable, wobbly
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| definition 2: |
not firmly based on fact or reasoning; not true or logical; fallacious.
unsound ideas- synonyms:
- fallacious, illogical, untenable
- antonyms:
- sound
- similar words:
- defective, faulty, flimsy, incorrect, invalid, irrational, precarious, shaky, specious, spurious, unbalanced, unfounded, weak
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| definition 3: |
not physically or mentally healthy or strong.
- synonyms:
- unstable
- antonyms:
- sound
- similar words:
- ailing, decrepit, demented, deranged, diseased, ill, infirm, sickly, unbalanced, unhealthy, weak
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| definition 4: |
not financially strong or secure.
an unsound investment- antonyms:
- sound
- similar words:
- hazardous, ill-advised, imprudent, risky, unsteady, unwise
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| definition 5: |
of sleep, easily or often disturbed; light.
- synonyms:
- light
- antonyms:
- sound
- similar words:
- fitful, restless, uneasy
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| related words: |
erroneous, false, frail, inaccurate, insane, insecure, mad, mistaken, morbid, rickety, sick, trick, unreasonable |
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| derivations: |
unsoundly (adv.), unsoundness (n.) |
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