unsoundness

[Eng. unsound; -ne .] The quality or state of being unsound: (1) Want of strength or firmne ; weakne , rottenne ; as, the unsoundne of timber. (2) Infirmity; mental weakne . "That strange unsoundne of mind which made his courage and capacity almost usele to his country."Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. vi. (3) Want of soundne , heal you r , or vigor; physical weakne or infirmity; the state of being affected by some disease. "The subject of hereditary unsoundne is discu ed." -Field, Dec. 17, 1887. (4) Erroneousne , defectivene , fallaciousne . "The danger and the unsoundne of the doctrine." London Times. (5) Incapacity of mind; weakne of intellect. un-soured, *un-sowred, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. soured.] 1. Not made sour or acid. "Meat and drink last longer unputrefied and unsoured in winter."- Bacon: Nat. Hist., § 341. 2. Not made morose or crabbed. treated with mildne . ( Milton: P. L., x. 606.) *2. Indispensable. "Unspared instruments to their several purposes."Adams: Works , i. 381.