Antonyms for unsound
ʌnˈsaʊndun·sound

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1. unsoundadjective

   Antonyms:
   sound

2. unsoundadjective

   Antonyms:
   sound

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1. unsound

   Antonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome

   Synonyms:
   delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, failing, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, sick, unhealthy, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

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1. unsoundadjective

   not in good condition; damaged or decayed

   "an unsound foundation"

   Antonyms:
   secure, sound, solid, dependable, stable, substantial, good, valid, safe, sane, healthy, reliable, strong

   Synonyms:
   unstable, fallacious, unfit, mentally ill, bad

2. unsoundadjective

   not sound financially

   "unsound banking practices"

   Antonyms:
   sane, dependable, good, sound, substantial, healthy, safe, secure, reliable, strong, valid, stable, solid

   Synonyms:
   unstable, fallacious, unfit, mentally ill, bad

3. fallacious, unsoundadjective

   containing or based on a fallacy

   "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"

   Antonyms:
   solid, reliable, valid, sane, secure, dependable, healthy, strong, sound, good, substantial, safe, stable

   Synonyms:
   mentally ill, bad, deceitful, unfit, fallacious, fraudulent, unstable

4. mentally ill, unsound, unstableadjective

   suffering from severe mental illness

   "of unsound mind"

   Antonyms:
   dependable, solid, strong, safe, healthy, secure, reliable, good, valid, stable, sound, sane, substantial

   Synonyms:
   mentally ill, bad, unfit, fallacious, unstable, precarious, fluid

5. bad, unfit, unsoundadjective

   physically unsound or diseased

   "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"

   Antonyms:
   strong, good, sound, dependable, reliable, sane, solid, substantial, healthy, stable, secure, valid, safe

   Synonyms:
   big, spoiled, uncollectible, risky, bad, speculative, regretful, fallacious, forged, defective, mentally ill, sorry, tough, spoilt, unstable, high-risk, unfit

6. unsoundadjective

   of e.g. advice

   Antonyms:
   healthy, reliable, dependable, solid, substantial, secure, good, valid, strong, sound, safe, stable, sane

   Synonyms:
   unstable, fallacious, unfit, mentally ill, bad

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1. unsoundadjective

   Synonyms:
   defective, impaired, sophistical, fallacious, illogical, untenable

How to use unsound in a sentence?

1. Thor Eells:

   When you think about it, making entry -- announced or unannounced -- is very high risk, you're going through a' fatal funnel,' where the bad guy could fire rounds blindly at a doorway and have a chance of hitting us. If we don't have to go through, we don't want to. Who benefits from making an entry ? The answer is the bad guy. So we'd say, that's a tactically unsound decision.

2. Lindsay Graham:

   It's an unsound military strategy. I think it's immoral if the authorization doesn't allow for us to counter Assad's air power.

3. R. D. Laing:

   When I certify someone insane, I am not equivocating when I write that he is of unsound mind, may be dangerous to himself and others, and requires care and attention in a mental hospital. However, at the same time, I am also aware that, in my opinion, there are other people who are regarded as sane, whose minds are as radically unsound, who may be equally or more dangerous to themselves and others and whom society does not regard as psychotic and fit persons to be in a madhouse.

4. Justice Samuel Alito:

   Too much public discourse today is sullied by ad hominem rhetoric, that is, attempts to discredit an argument not by proving that it is unsound but by attacking the character or motives of the argument's proponents, the majority regrettably succumbs to this trend.

5. Lindsey Graham:

   For a federal mandate to come about for measles or any other particular illness or disease you'd have to convince me it was necessary, but the question is, is there scientific evidence to justify a politician suggesting that vaccinations programs we have today are unsound? My answer is no.

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