unsound
uhn sownd
- a not in good condition; damaged or decayed
an unsound foundation - a not sound financially
unsound banking practices - s containing or based on a fallacy
an unsound argument - s suffering from severe mental illness
of unsound mind - s physically unsound or diseased
an unsound limb
unsound teeth - s of e.g. advice
- Many of the scary generalizations and there are lots of them are patently unsound.
- Since the late '50s, when Khrushchev announced that "there are no political prisoners, only persons of unsound mind," the Soviets have relied on tame psychiatrists to label .
- There's a movement afoot to pull down old or ecologically unsound dams, starting with this one.