unsound
5
5.5
- adjective
- /ʌnˈsaʊnd/
- Formal
:
erróneo
- Generally, teacher-made assessments have been proven psychometrically unsound, which may indicate that they are not accurate indicators of student progress.
- unsound arguments
- unsound theory
- scientifically unsound
Examples
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The judge dismissed the case, stating that the arguments presented were clearly unsound.
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Did she ever say that his legal advice was unsound?
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Members of Congress knew the bill was constitutionally unsound, but did not stop themselves.
Academic text (2002) -
In this situation, the typical response is not simply to reject the argument as unsound.
Academic text (2016) -
The whole theory of modern education... is radically unsound.
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Their conclusions may be unsound because design flaws confounded their methods.
Academic text (1997) -
Critics claimed that the emails revealed exaggerated climate-change predictions and others based on unsound calculations.
Academic text (2010) -
Much of the "music makes you smarter" literature is scientifically unsound, particularly the "Mozart effect" in its various guises.
Academic text (2000) -
Many scientists criticized the research as unsound due to its lack of empirical evidence.
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His reasoning was deemed unsound after further examination revealed logical fallacies.
Synonyms
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4.8
Does not make sense or follow clear reasons
27
8.2
Impossible to defend against criticism
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8.3
Making people believe things that are not true
Antonyms
Idioms
How Sound
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4.5
595
2.7
290
1.6
182
3.7
- Formal
5
5.5
- Formal
13
8.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsound comes from un- 'not' and sound 'reliable' or 'solid'. So an unsound argument is one that is not solid or reliable, like a chair with a broken leg, and that is why it fails to convince people.