Definition for UN-SOUND'NESS

UN-SOUND'NESS, n.

  1. Defectiveness; as, the unsoundness of timber.
  2. Defectiveness of faith; want of orthodoxy. Hooker.
  3. Corruptness; want of solidity; as, the unsoundness oft principles. Hooker.
  4. Defectiveness; as, the unsoundness of fruit.
  5. Infirmity; weakness; as of body; as, the unsoundness of the body or constitution.

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