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as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind
disgruntled relatives tried to prove that the woman was of unsound mind when she made her will
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as in erroneous
not being in agreement with what is true
an unsound and pernicious stereotype
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as in unreasonable
not using or following good reasoning
it is clearly unsound to argue that just because a scientific explanation for that phenomenon does not currently exist, no such explanation is possible
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as in sick
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
an unsound horse that will have to be disqualified from the race
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Recent Examples of unsound
There may be unsound valuation practices at play or, worse, unsound accounting practices.
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Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The original bridge was rendered structurally unsound by the crash, and crews tore it down in three days to reopen I-95 through Norwalk.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 2 Dec. 2024
Malzahn was hired partly to bring stability to the program, but his decision-making, talent evaluation and personnel moves have been rash and unsound.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
But under his watch, the Sox were a wildly unsound, undisciplined team that did almost nothing right.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
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Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The original bridge was rendered structurally unsound by the crash, and crews tore it down in three days to reopen I-95 through Norwalk.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 2 Dec. 2024
Malzahn was hired partly to bring stability to the program, but his decision-making, talent evaluation and personnel moves have been rash and unsound.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
But under his watch, the Sox were a wildly unsound, undisciplined team that did almost nothing right.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsound
Adjective
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
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The Trump administration’s focus on the false narrative that Politico received USAID funds follows an erroneous claim by Kyle Becker, a conservative political commentator, on Wednesday.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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If the cost looks erroneous, please email content@bayareanewsgroup.com for more information.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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The price isn’t unreasonable given the amount of detail that went into designing it and the combination of functions, including the antimicrobial and cooling materials, as well as its adaptability.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
20 Feb. 2025
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This protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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One family has a sick child who could be heard crying in the background during a call between Herischi and Panamanian officials.—
Yong Xiong, Michael Rios, CNN and Ivonne Valdés,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Gazans cheer, blast music as Hamas conducts sick parade of hostages Hamas paraded Israeli hostages Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wenkert in front of a cheering crowd Saturday, before releasing them after more than 500 days in captivity.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Your voice is insane.—
Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com,
al,
4 Apr. 2023
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The Republican and right-wing reaction is just insane.—
Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
31 Mar. 2023
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Maybe the most contentious issue ever to divide these two camps is whether or not to replace notoriously inaccurate human home plate umpires with less fallible machines.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
21 Feb. 2025
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MRIs are generally considered safe for pregnant people but are not recommended, as the fetus may lead the results to be inaccurate.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
20 Feb. 2025
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The ban is an irrational and prejudicial attack on service members who have risked their lives to serve their country.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The emotional, messy, unquantifiable part of us — that’s not a dumber or more irrational part.—
Sigal Samuel,
Vox,
6 Jan. 2025
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Both the United States and the United Nations have stepped back from leadership roles, a reflection of how poorly interventions in Haiti have gone and also the wide range of issues in other parts of the world at the moment.—
Adam Taylor,
Washington Post,
7 Mar. 2024
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Story will be a free agent and at this stage why would an accomplished player stay with the poorly run Rockies?—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
27 Mar. 2021
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“Unsound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsound. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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