unsoundness
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un·sound
(ŭn-sound′)adj. un·sound·er, un·sound·est
1. Not dependably strong or solid.
2. Not physically or mentally healthy.
3. Not true or logically valid; fallacious: an unsound conclusion.
un·sound′ly adv.
un·sound′ness n.
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Noun | 1. | unsoundness - a condition of damage or decay condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" disrepair - in need of repairs decay - an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair" soundness - a state or condition free from damage or decay |
2. | unsoundness - a misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid; "the unsoundness of his conclusion was obvious" misconception - an incorrect conception | |
3. | unsoundness - not mentally or physically healthy; "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind" |
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unsoundness
nounThe condition of being infirm or physically weak:
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unsoundness
n
(of heart etc) → Krankheit f; (of health) → Angegriffenheit f; (of timber) → Morschheit f; (of construction, design) → unsolide Bauweise; (of foundations, finances) → Unsicherheit f, → Schwäche f
(of argument) → geringe Stichhaltigkeit, Anfechtbarkeit f; (of advice) → Unvernünftigkeit f; (of judgement) → Unzuverlässigkeit f; (of doctrine) → Unvertretbarkeit f; (of policy, move) → mangelnde Klugheit; (Jur: of conviction) → Ungesichertheit f; unsoundness of mind (Jur) → Unzurechnungsfähigkeit f; political unsoundness (of person) → politische Unzuverlässigkeit; (of policy) → politische Unklugheit
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