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unsound

adj. not sound financially; "unsound banking practices"

unsound

adj. of e.g. advice

unsound, out of condition

adj. unfit

bad, unfit, unsound

adj. physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"

imperfect

adj. not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"

diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological

adj. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"

debilitated, enfeebled, infirm, seedy

adj. full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

sallow, sickly

adj. unhealthy looking

defective, faulty

adj. having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

afflicted, impaired

adj. mentally or physically unfit

impaired

adj. diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight"

unwholesome

adj. detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

deleterious, hurtful, injurious

adj. harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

prejudicial, prejudicious

adj. tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population"

bad

adj. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

bad

adj. capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"

baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent

adj. exceedingly harmful

insidious, pernicious, subtle

adj. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

fatal, fateful

adj. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"

deadly, deathly, mortal

adj. causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"

somber, sombre, serious

adj. (unplayful)

harmful

adj. causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

bad

adj. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

disloyal, faithless

adj. deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers"

erratic, temperamental

adj. likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster

afflicted, impaired

adj. mentally or physically unfit

apractic, apraxic

adj. having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder

autistic

adj. characteristic of or affected with autism; "autistic behavior"; "autistic children"

bad

adj. "has a bad back"

bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged

adj. have legs that curve outward at the knees

broken-backed

adj. (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth

halting

adj. fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few halting words of sorrow"

crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic

adj. characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

disabled, handicapped

adj. incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness

flat-footed

adj. suffering from fallen arches

gammy

adj. (British informal) sore or lame; "a gammy foot"

knock-kneed

adj. having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart

spavined

adj. (of horses) afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint

dipped, lordotic, swayback, swaybacked

adj. having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)

maimed, mutilated

adj. having a part of the body crippled or disabled

paralytic, paralyzed

adj. affected with paralysis

paraplegic

adj. suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord

bad, risky, high-risk, speculative

adj. not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"

decayed, rotten, rotted

adj. damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"

wildcat

adj. outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes"

sound

adj. free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"

healthy

adj. having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"

fit

adj. physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise"

healthy

adj. financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy"

hardy

adj. able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions; "strawberries are hardy and easy to grow"; "camels are tough and hardy creatures"

fit

adj. physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise"

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