unsoundness

Words with a similar base: unsoundness

'unsoundness'

[unsoundness.n.01] as in: a condition of damage or decay

'unsoundness'

[unsoundness.n.02] as in: a misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid

Examples:
the unsoundness of his conclusion was obvious

'unsoundness'

[unsoundness.n.03] as in: not mentally or physically healthy

Examples:
no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind

Origins

					unsoundness (English)
├── -ness (English)
├── sound (English)
│   ├── sound (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── sounden (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── sonder (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│   └── sund (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── un- (English)
    ├── on- (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   ├── on- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    │   └── ond- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    ├── un- (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── un- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── unus (Latin)
        └── oinos (Latin)

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