unsound
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈsaʊnd/
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deteriorado
- It's rated the most environmentally unsound business in the state.
- structurally unsound
- unsafe and unsound
- unsound teeth
Examples
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More episodes of poverty were associated with a greater prevalence of unsound teeth in adulthood.
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Cumulative exposure to poverty in the life course was strongly and positively associated with the number of unsound teeth in a dose-response relationship, showing the adverse effect for dental health of cumulative episodes of poverty.
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For if the foundations are unsound, so is the rest of the house, no matter how beautiful it looks.
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The always poor group had the highest proportion of unsound teeth.
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The arch becomes unsound, and it either buckles or sinks.
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A filled tooth with dental caries or a decayed or missing tooth was considered an unsound tooth.
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Individuals who experienced poverty around the time of their birth had high proportions of unsound teeth as adults, regardless of their family income in adolescence and adulthood.
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Participants who were always poor had the highest prevalence of unsound teeth; those who were downwardly or upwardly mobile also had more unsound teeth than did other participants, after adjustment for confounders.
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The old wooden bridge is unsound and unsafe for vehicles.
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After the storm, the engineers declared that many buildings were unsound and at risk of collapse.
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Etymology
Unsound comes from un- 'not' and sound 'healthy' or 'strong'. So if a tooth, limb, or heart is unsound, it is not healthy or strong enough, like a weak beam in a house.