Thesaurus / unsound
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Zimmerman, the county assessor, recently described it as being in unsound condition, meaning it’s “practically unfit for use,” according to the assessor’s handbook.
STATE-SUPPORTED “CLEAN ENERGY” LOANS ARE PUTTING BORROWERS AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMESBY JEREMY KOHLER AND HARU CORYNEAPRIL 23, 2021PROPUBLICAYour religion does not make it—its ethics are too weak, its theories too unsound, its transcendentalism is too thin.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDBut it was in the course of this period 1834-47 that persons of unsound mind became recognised as a distinct class.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBBCoronado, on his part, hooted in his soul at Mrs. Stanley's whimsies, and half supposed her to be of unsound mind.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FORESTBois l'Hery's horses were unsound, Schwalbach's gallery was a swindle, Moessard's articles a recognised blackmail.
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDETHis letters and speeches also show that he was not conversant with political economy, and that his social views were unsound.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANAlexander, who was of unsound mind, and always full of magnificent ideas, presented somebody with a city.
L. ANNAEUS SENECA ON BENEFITSSENECAThis, you see, is magnificent utterance, but as economic philosophy it is reckless and unsound.
THE BOOK OF LIFE: VOL. I MIND AND BODY; VOL. II LOVE AND SOCIETYUPTON SINCLAIRHis quarrel with Mrs. Eddy lay in the belief that she herself, as he expressed it, was "a very unsound Christian Scientist."
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINEIt was not his fault if at first some extremely unsound and impermanent shanties were run up on the vacant site.
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLSWORDS RELATED TO UNSOUND
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