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unsound adjective [ ʌnˈsaʊnd ]

• not safe or robust; in poor condition.
• "the tower is structurally unsound"
Similar: rickety, flimsy, shaky, wobbly, unstable, tottery, defective, disintegrating, crumbling, decaying, broken, broken-down, damaged, rotten, ramshackle, insubstantial, jerry-built, unsafe, unreliable, dangerous, rumpty,
Opposite: sound, strong,
• not based on sound or reliable evidence or reasoning.
• "this line of argument is unsound"
Similar: untenable, flawed, defective, faulty, ill-founded, flimsy, weak, shaky, unreliable, questionable, dubious, tenuous, suspect, illogical, irrational, unfounded, ungrounded, unsubstantiated, unsupported, specious, hollow, spurious, false, fallacious, fallible, erroneous, wrong, sophistic, casuistic, iffy, dodgy,
Opposite: sound, strong,

of unsound mind

• insane.



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