Synonyms for unsoundness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uhn-sound
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsaʊnd

Top 10 synonyms for unsoundness Other synonyms for the word unsoundness

Définition of unsoundness

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun infirmity
Example sentences :
  • When I was fairly sure of their unsoundness, I gave up my Living.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
  • From the time I began to suspect their unsoundness, I ceased to put them forward.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
  • If you cannot see the folly and unsoundness of it at a glance, it is useless for me to talk.
  • Extract from : « A Romantic Young Lady » by Robert Grant
  • Meanwhile, you cannot escape the internal intimations of your unsoundness.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete » by George Meredith
  • He looked at our teeth and felt all over us for any evidence of unsoundness there might be.
  • Extract from : « Diary of an Enlisted Man » by Lawrence Van Alstyne
  • He that is sure of his unsoundness and hypocrisy should not come.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory » by Baxter Richard
  • If they be opaque or whey coloured, there is some unsoundness in the wort.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • The plot is repulsive, with a flavour of Elizabethan unsoundness.
  • Extract from : « Thomas Otway » by Thomas Otway
  • Lang demonstrated the unsoundness of the 'disease of language' theory.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to Mythology » by Lewis Spence
  • Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value.
  • Extract from : « Twelve Years a Slave » by Solomon Northup

Antonyms for unsoundness

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