NOUN | state | unsoundness | a condition of damage or decay |
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cognition | unsoundness | a misconception that is fallacious / fallacious and not true or valid | |
attribute | unsoundness | not mentally or physically healthy |
Meaning | A condition of damage or decay. | |
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Narrower | decay | An inferior state resulting from the process of decaying |
disrepair | In need of repairs | |
Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
Opposite | soundness | A state or condition free from damage or decay |
Spanish | deterioro, precariedad | |
Catalan | deterioració, precarietat | |
Adjectives | unsound | not sound financially |
unsound | not in good condition |
Meaning | A misconception that is fallacious / fallacious and not true or valid. | |
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Example | "the unsoundness of his conclusion was obvious" | |
Broader | misconception | An incorrect conception |
Adjectives | unsound | containing or based on a fallacy |
Meaning | not mentally or physically healthy. | |
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Example | "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind" | |
Broader | bad, badness | That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency |
Opposite | firmness, soundness | The muscle tone of healthy tissue |
wisdom, wiseness, soundness | The quality of being prudent and sensible | |
Spanish | trastorno | |
Adjectives | unsound | suffering from severe mental illness |
unsound | physically unsound or diseased |
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