unsoundness

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unsoundness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unsound \Un*sound"\, a.
     Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.
     [1913 Webster] -- Un*sound"ly, adv. -- Un*sound"ness, n.
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unsoundness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  unsoundness
      n 1: a condition of damage or decay [ant: soundness]
      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" [ant: firmness,
         soundness, wisdom, wiseness]

unsoundness - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  UNSOUNDNESS. Vide Crib-biting; Roaring; Soundness.