Explore Unsound through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like sound or bad. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Unsound meaning
- Not sound
- Not whole, not solid, defective.
Synonyms of Unsound
Using Unsound
- The main meaning on this page is: Not sound | Not whole, not solid, defective. | Not sound
- Useful related words include: sound, bad, unfit, unhealthy.
- In the example corpus, unsound often appears in combinations such as: structurally unsound, unsound and, is unsound.
Context around Unsound
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unsound
- In this selection, "unsound" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, structurally, generally, environmentally, late, business and inhumane stand out and add context to how "unsound" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are scientifically unsound inhumane and and are structurally unsound or create. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unsound" sits close to words such as aas, abaco and abramovich, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unsound
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, the above argument is both flawed and unsound. (9 words)
In 2015, the US Army Corps of Engineers declared the mine structurally unsound. (13 words)
Economically, you are unsound; socially, you are wrong; industrially, you are an impossibility. (13 words)
A release on Monday from the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said that “catastrophe was avoided” when the fire set by the convicted prisoner “of unsound mind” was quickly extinguished at the Lot 12 Camp St, Werk-en-Rust penitentiary. (39 words)
This statement is also unsound from a policy perspective, because it rests on the assumption that “inflation is a policy instrument” that can be set at any given level for any given period of time. (35 words)
His methodologically unsound Seduction of the Innocent remains a suitable bit of canonical drivel, stirring the agitated, not least of all his claim that the gay subtext of the Batman stories was harmful to youths. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
If syndrome-based diagnosis is unsound on account of its absence of objectivity then it must be generally unsound and not only for psychiatry.
A source, who knows Charles well, said: “He probably thinks the whole thing is environmentally unsound, because the palace pool water has chemicals and has to be heated.
Breakneck growth of unsound late-cycle Credit is the kiss of death for a vulnerable currency.
But people who say that such end runs would be unsound from an economic point of view just haven’t done their homework.
By 2013, however, the FSC issued further directives to SSL after citing “unsafe and unsound business practices”.
Fahy said Wildlife Services’ methods are scientifically unsound, inhumane and little more than a taxpayer-funded subsidy for agriculture.
House Assistant Minority Leader Arlene Brosas said that the “economically unsound” law contained “serious flaws and legal loopholes” that may lead to mass corruption, graft, and misuse of public funds.
In 2015, the US Army Corps of Engineers declared the mine structurally unsound.
The wreckage of the house and three other neighbouring properties, found to be structurally unsound, were later demolished.
Although some listed buildings may be structurally unsound and no longer fit-for-purpose, the previous relief on these properties had attracted private developers eager to invest in and restore landmark buildings.
A release on Monday from the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said that “catastrophe was avoided” when the fire set by the convicted prisoner “of unsound mind” was quickly extinguished at the Lot 12 Camp St, Werk-en-Rust penitentiary.
But the government says its affordable housing budget is stretched, leaving many tenants determined to stay put in unsound dwellings.
Following those disasters, their living spaces were uninhabitable, structurally unsound, unsafe and to the point that repairs were too costly.
When Hasel’s attorneys argued that the science used to convict him was unsound, an appeals court sent the case back to the trial judge in 2023.
Economically, you are unsound; socially, you are wrong; industrially, you are an impossibility.
Most of the nearly 200-year-old floorboards will remain; workers are only replacing boards that are structurally unsound or create a safety concern.
This statement is also unsound from a policy perspective, because it rests on the assumption that “inflation is a policy instrument” that can be set at any given level for any given period of time.
As in: When the earthquake hits, thousands of seismically unsound buildings will collapse.
His methodologically unsound Seduction of the Innocent remains a suitable bit of canonical drivel, stirring the agitated, not least of all his claim that the gay subtext of the Batman stories was harmful to youths.
However, the above argument is both flawed and unsound.
Common combinations with unsound
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- structurally unsound 10×
- unsound and 7×
- is unsound 5×
- of unsound 4×
- environmentally unsound 2×
- unsound because 2×
- be unsound 2×
- unsound from 2×
- and unsound 2×
- unsound mind 2×