Adjective, : an unsound argument. ,unsound slumber. ,an unsound corporation. From Dictionary.com.
I say it again, for a country with an all volunteer army the US to me seems unsoundly militarized. From Wordnik.com. [War Criminal or Hero? « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
Mr. Ruskin argues, unsoundly enough, from effects; the great. From Wordnik.com. [Art in England Notes and Studies] Reference
Is not the mind unsoundly sensitive that finds an offence in a request like that?. From Wordnik.com. [The Recreations of a Country Parson] Reference
Robinson said he would audit the Federal Reserve, where he said responsibility lies for lending money unsoundly. From Wordnik.com. [wbur.org] Reference
It may plausibly, however unsoundly, be maintained that it is by his emotions, not by his reason, that man differs most from the beasts. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions and Comments] Reference
Contrasted with the confused movement and presences of a Fabian meeting, or the inexplicable enthusiasm behind the suffrage demand, with the speeches that were partly egotistical displays, partly artful manoeuvres, and partly incoherent cries for unsoundly formulated ends, compared with the comings and goings of audiences and supporters that were like the eddy-driven drift of paper in the street, this long, quiet, methodical chamber shone like a star seen through clouds. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Veronica, a modern love story] Reference
For purposes of casual encounters, it is useful because when we have counted up the opinions held by most people, we shall meet them on the ground not of other people’s convictions but of their own, while we shift the ground of any argument that they appear to us to state unsoundly. From Wordnik.com. [Topics] Reference
Somewhere his strenuous soul unsoundly rang. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891] Reference
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