Examples of unsound in a Sentence
The roof is structurally unsound.
disgruntled relatives tried to prove that the woman was of unsound mind when she made her will
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The chances are solid that some portion of the time, the AI will be emitting remarks and instructions that are unsound.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
But don’t get too attached to any of these morally unsound characters, since all are mere bait for this killer.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
And now, the scientifically unsound political campaign against water fluoridation is another example of an anti-pediatric fringe initiative to dismantle a public health success.
—Scott A. Rivkees, Time, 6 May 2025
But Crenshaw dismissed that argument as both self-inflicted and legally unsound.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
But don’t get too attached to any of these morally unsound characters, since all are mere bait for this killer.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
And now, the scientifically unsound political campaign against water fluoridation is another example of an anti-pediatric fringe initiative to dismantle a public health success.
—Scott A. Rivkees, Time, 6 May 2025
But Crenshaw dismissed that argument as both self-inflicted and legally unsound.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
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“Unsound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsound. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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unsound
adjective
un·sound
ˌən-ˈsau̇nd 
ˈən-
1
: not healthy or whole
an unsound horse
2
: not mentally normal : not wholly sane
of unsound mind
3
: not firmly made, placed, or fixed
an unsound structure
4
: not based on truth or logic
unsound arguments
unsoundness
noun
-ˈsau̇n(d)-nəs
Medical Definition
unsound
adjective
un·sound
-ˈsau̇nd
: not sound: as
a
: not healthy or whole
an unsound limb
an unsound horse
b
: not mentally normal : not wholly sane
of unsound mind
c
: not fit to be eaten
unsound food
unsoundness
noun
Legal Definition
unsound
adjective
un·sound
ˌən-ˈsau̇nd
: not sound: as
a
: not healthy or whole
b
: not mentally normal : not wholly sane
of unsound mind
c
: not firmly made, placed, or fixed
d
: not valid or true
an unsound argument
unsoundly
adverb
unsoundness
noun
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