unsound /ˌʌnˈsaʊnd/ adjective4 •Not whole, not solid, defective.In the ensuing financial panic, many persons sustained heavy losses, and large numbers of unsound schemes succumbed. — 1946 •Not good, unreliable.You would not like Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound. — 1919 •Not sound •Infirm, diseased.... A horse labouring under a temporary injury, capable of being speedily cured, is not unsound within the meaning of a warranty of soundness ... — 1822 formsmore unsound · unsounder · most unsound · unsoundest