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单词 unsound
释义
unsound
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈsaʊnd/us
/ʌnˈsaʊnd/

unsoundadjective(NOT ACCEPTABLE)

If a person'sactivitiesorjudgmentare unsound, they are not good enough,acceptable, orableto betrusted:
（人的活动或判断）不够好的；不可接受的；靠不住的
unsoundaccountingpractices不规范的会计行为
unsoundpoliceevidence不确凿的警方证据
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not good enough
  • be not onidiom
  • beneath
  • cop
  • deficient
  • immaturity
  • intolerably
  • lame
  • lamely
  • lameness
  • leave a lot to be desiredidiom
  • medevac
  • sad
  • sadness
  • second-rate
  • suboptimal
  • substandard
  • unsatisfying
  • unworthy
  • want
  • weak
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Wrong

unsoundadjective(WEAK)

If abuildingor otherstructureis unsound, it is inbadconditionandlikelytofalldown orfail:
（建筑）有安全隐患的，不坚固的
Thebridgeis one of several said to bestructurallyunsound.这座桥是据说结构上有问题的几座桥梁之一。
Synonyms
shaky(WEAK)
unstable
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unsafe and insecure
  • appealingly
  • at stakeidiom
  • be on the lineidiom
  • day
  • in the firing lineidiom
  • indefensible
  • insecure
  • insecurely
  • insecurity
  • risk
  • shaky
  • sketchy
  • someone's/something'sdays are numberedidiom
  • stake
  • struggle
  • threat
  • threatened
  • unbalanced
  • unstable
  • unsupervised
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(Definition ofunsoundfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unsound| American Dictionary

unsound
adjective
us
/ʌnˈsɑʊnd/

unsoundadjective(NOT ACCEPTABLE)

(esp. ofactivities) notsuitableoracceptable:
He wasinvolvedin unsoundbankingpractices.

unsoundadjective(WEAK)

(esp. of abuilding) inbadconditionandlikelytofalldown orfail:
Thebridgeisstructurallyunsound.
(Definition ofunsoundfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunsound

unsound
Without adjusting interest rates according to risk and lacking the experience and expertise in risk assessment decisions, however, much money -owed intounsoundbubble investments.
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The multitude of proposals and the fact that some variants of these proposals were initiallyunsound, witness the difficulty of the problem.
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A simple and natural-seeming signature for the continuation primitives turns out to beunsound.
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The idea of comparing the products of different cultures seems deeplyunsound, not to mention politically unappetizing.
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While it isunsoundto polymorphically generalize reference types, it is not necessarilyunsoundto generalize function types involving reference types.
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The disqualifying attributes of "unsoundmind" and "pauper" categorized individuals with reference to mental competency and economic self-sufficiency.
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In brief, it isunsoundthinking to assume that behavioral deficit similarity means biological and etiological similarity.
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Therefore, being 'unsoundon the most vital truth of all ', how could he have ' a right view of history ' ?
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Such passages are likely to be found by most readers to be non-starters and hence pedagogicallyunsound.
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If one's main justification is to escape triviality, that is clearly an interpretivelyunsoundone.
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An unrestrained, environmentallyunsoundmaterialism, and imbalanced development prevailed, not 'night watchman' rule.
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Asking students to do something they cannot succeed at is pedagogicallyunsound(the word ' try ' or ' attempt ' might have been helpful in this particular instance).
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Each had problems which could be ascribed to implementation details, but the concept has not been proven sound orunsound.
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The best or, rather, the only good [8/9] economic theory supplied economic history with a foundation which can only be described as utterlyunsound.
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While this approach is logicallyunsound, it may be acceptable for some applications if only answer coverage is required.
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