Meanings
noununsoundness (countable and uncountable, plural unsoundnesses)
plural unsoundnesses
- countableuncountableThe state of being unsound.
Most likely he was accounting for that by the bias my job might be expected to give – aggravated by a phobia resulting from my recent sting – and he was wondering whether it might connote other, perhaps less harmless, unsoundnesses.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Irish fabht, fabhtacht
- fabhtthe state of being unsound
- fabhtachtthe state of being unsound
Russian несостоя́тельность
- несостоя́тельность (nesostojátelʹnostʹ)the state of being unsound
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APA
unsoundness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsoundness
MLA
“unsoundness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsoundness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsoundness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsoundness.
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