Unsoundness Definition & Meaning

unsoundness
noun
  1. a condition of damage or decay
  2. a misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid; "the unsoundness of his conclusion was obvious"
  3. not mentally or physically healthy; "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind"

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