unsound
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EagleBank also approved the client for a federally guaranteed loan even after a top lending officer ruled it was unsound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
I joke to Shires that, as a man, most often the unsound advice I have received is to simply go look for a rebound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025
The castle may have been demolished because it was structurally unsound or damaged in enemy attacks.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
The judge pointed out that there was no evidence to support that theory, and he faulted the prosecutors for legally unsound charges, like alleging assault while making claims about actions merely being negligent.
From Slate ● May 9, 2024
If the horse was unsound, he said, he would never let him out of his stall to work out.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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At once the unsoundest and the most attractive argument is to be found in the deliberate idealization of particular ages, the thirteenth century in England, for example, or the age of the Antonines.
From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells