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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 |
adverb + (adj.)unsound
actuarially,
constitutionally,
ecologically,
economically,
educationally,
environmentally,
ethically,
financially,
fiscally,
fundamentally,
ideologically,
instead,
intellectually,
mentally,
methodologically,
mostly,
neither,
obviously,
particularly,
pedagogically,
politically,
scientifically,
socially,
spectacularly,
structurally,
technically,
theologically,
therefore
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(adj.)unsound
+ noun
advice,
argument,
bank,
banking,
business,
conclusion,
condition,
construction,
crisis,
development,
flaw,
function,
interpretation,
investment,
lending,
management,
manner,
method,
mind,
mortgage,
policy,
practice,
premium,
principle,
project,
proposal,
resource,
solution,
sound,
strategy,
theory,
thesis,
tolerance,
use,
utility,
yard
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| derivations: |
unsoundly (adv.), unsoundness (n.) |
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