unsound

CEFRB2

/ˌʌnˈsaʊnd/

adjective

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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unsound mind
In the ensuing financial panic, many persons sustained heavy losses, and large numbers of unsound schemes succumbed.
A striking example comes to mind, in which a scheme to improve the existing buildings finished up as virtually a complete reconstruction, owing to the unsound condition of the original structure!

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In the ensuing financial panic, many persons sustained heavy losses, and large numbers of unsound schemes succumbed.
1946 September and October, “Speculation Run Riot”, in Railway Magazine, page 269
A striking example comes to mind, in which a scheme to improve the existing buildings finished up as virtually a complete reconstruction, owing to the unsound condition of the original structure!
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 255
While he is reasonably effusive about inter-city travel, he is heavily disparaging of all types of stopping service, including those on otherwise busy main lines. His analysis is not entirely unsound, and he tackles some of the questions head on.
2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 47
You would not like Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound.
1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves

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