UNSOUNDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsoundness mean? 

• UNSOUNDNESS (noun)
  The noun UNSOUNDNESS has 3 senses:

1. a condition of damage or decay

2. a misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid

3. not mentally or physically healthy

  Familiarity information: UNSOUNDNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSOUNDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A condition of damage or decay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("unsoundness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unsoundness"):

disrepair (in need of repairs)

decay (an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying)

Antonym:

soundness (a state or condition free from damage or decay)

Derivation:

unsound (not sound financially)

unsound (not in good condition; damaged or decayed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

the unsoundness of his conclusion was obvious

Hypernyms ("unsoundness" is a kind of...):

misconception (an incorrect conception)

Derivation:

unsound (containing or based on a fallacy)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Not mentally or physically healthy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind

Hypernyms ("unsoundness" is a kind of...):

bad; badness (that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency)

Antonym:

soundness (the muscle tone of healthy tissue)

soundness (the quality of being prudent and sensible)

Derivation:

unsound (physically unsound or diseased)

unsound (suffering from severe mental illness)