UNRELIABLE

unreliable, undependable

(adjective) not worthy of reliance or trust; ā€œin the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliableā€; ā€œan undependable assistantā€

undependable, unreliable

(adjective) liable to be erroneous or misleading; ā€œan undependable generalizationā€

unreliable

(adjective) lacking a sense of responsibility

treacherous, unreliable

(adjective) dangerously unstable and unpredictable; ā€œtreacherous winding roadsā€; ā€œan unreliable trestleā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unreliable (comparative more unreliable, superlative most unreliable)

Not reliable.

Synonyms

• flakey

• sporadic

Antonyms

• reliable

Anagrams

• Bleulerian

Source: Wiktionary


Un`re*li"a*ble, a.

Definition: Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.

– Un`re*li"a*ble*ness, n. Alcibiades . . . was too unsteady, and (according to Mr. Coleridge's coinage) "unreliable;" or perhaps, in more correct English, too "unrelyuponable." De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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