How to Use unsound in a Sentence

unsound

adjective
  • The roof is structurally unsound.
  • Some could also be razed when structures are found to be unsound.
    — Esther Fung, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2018
  • He has not been found mentally unsound in that case but has no pending court dates.
    — oregonlive, 16 May 2023
  • Colton was wrong, but his process wasn’t altogether unsound.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The horse was claimed but it was voided by the veterinarian when the horse was found to be unsound.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Its assumptions about what comes after may be equally unsound.
    — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The problem is that the data driving this theory are proven to be unsound.
    — Daniel J. Pilla, National Review, 17 May 2021
  • After that inspection, Emtech was found to be unsound, and the sale was voided.
    — Mike Tierney, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The covered bridge caught fire Monday and was left structurally unsound.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
  • None of this sounds basically unsound.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • But his theories were unsound, and the project was never completed.
    — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • While none of these remedies in itself is unsound, all have a fatal disadvantage.
    — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Facebook also hosts a number of groups and pages for unsound medical advice.
    — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 26 June 2019
  • The structure, better known as the Stone Soap Building, was deemed unsound.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2023
  • Her fears came to fruition when the space was declared structurally unsound in 2007 and closed to the public.
    — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 12 Feb. 2018
  • The Eagles were unsound and undisciplined.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • If the chimney is structurally unsound, cracks also can leak carbon monoxide into the home.
    — Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The club very quickly became structurally unsound.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But under his watch, the Sox were a wildly unsound, undisciplined team that did almost nothing right.
    — Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
  • As a legal question, experts say Trump’s proposition is unsound.
    — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 26 June 2018
  • Without balance, hard gel extensions can become structurally unsound, which puts them at risk of snapping off.
    — Sophie Wirt, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The floor was flooded and other beams were found to be unsound, necessitating major repairs.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Nov. 2022
  • In short, the strong desire to feel better about their situation might have driven people in that group to make an unsound decision.
    — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 9 July 2019
  • Her dad has already accused her of being mentally unsound and there's the fear of potentially being locked up.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 6 May 2020
  • So pay attention to anti-patterns and work to weed out unsound business processes that will cause problems further down the line.
    — Stephen Hau, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • Lumber companies can sell some of the wood to recoup their expenses, but many of the trees are too decayed or structurally unsound to sell.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 1 Sep. 2018
  • Some progressive groups say that’s unsound tax policy and that the state should use the revenue to invest in things like infrastructure.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021
  • The crash punched out the brick wall of the upper floor of the garage, though, and town building inspectors concluded the entire garage is structurally unsound.
    — Don Stacom, courant.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Keeping the building in place and doing whatever is necessary to make the structurally unsound building safe.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
  • There’s a debate in think-tank circles about whether the country’s economic structure will be durable over the longer term or fundamentally unsound.
    — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023

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