adjective, un·sound·er, un·sound·est.
- not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.
- decayed or impaired, as timber or foods; defective.
- not solid or firm, as foundations.
- not well-founded or valid; fallacious: an unsound argument.
- easily broken; light: unsound slumber.
- not financially strong; unreliable: an unsound corporation.
adjective
- diseased, weak, or unstableof unsound mind
- unreliable or fallaciousunsound advice
- lacking solidity, strength, or firmnessunsound foundations
- of doubtful financial or commercial viabilityan unsound enterprise
- (of fruit, timber, etc) not in an edible or usable condition
adj.early 14c., of persons, “diseased, wounded,” from un- (1) “not” + sound (adj.). Cf. Middle Low German unsund, Middle Dutch ongesont, German ungesund. Meaning “morally corrupt” is recorded from c.1300; that of “not mentally healthy” is from 1540s. Sense of “not based on reasoning or fact” is attested from 1590s.