English → Latin
“unsound” in Latin
prāvuscrooked, deformed; depraved, perverse, wicked; vicious, wrong, bad, impropernūllusno one, none, not any, nothingvērōverily, truly, really, doubtless, in truth, indeed; in particular, specifically; but
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unsound
With reference to truth, pravus: pravus et perversus (of opinions). To be unsound in faith, haereticum esse (ecclesiastical); *veram Christi legem non sequi; infectum esse opinionum pravitate.
With reference to logical cogency, ad probandum infirmus (nugatoriusque): levis et infirmus: levis et nugatorius: inanis et levis (weak; of arguments). That is an unsound argument, nullum (vero) id quidem est argumentum.
With reference to health. [Vid. SICKLY, UNHEALTHY.]
Rotten, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unsound?
- The usual Latin words for “unsound” are prāvus, nūllus, vērō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.