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US
/ˌənɹiˈɫaɪəbəɫ, ˌənɹɪˈɫaɪəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /ˌʌnɹɪlˈaɪəbəl/ ]
[ UK /ˌʌnɹɪlˈaɪəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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liable to be erroneous or misleading
an undependable generalization -
not worthy of reliance or trust
in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable
an undependable assistant -
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
treacherous winding roads
an unreliable trestle - lacking a sense of responsibility
How To Use unreliable In A Sentence
- These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
- Mrs May claimed that evidence from the blonde-haired victim, who had had a baby since her ordeal, was unreliable.
- In his 1982 "Secondary Currents," which is described in the film's title credits as a "film noir," Rose pushes the sound and image concerns of structuralist filmmakers by creating a work that is "imageless": on a black screen, white subtitles translate the gibberish of the unreliable narrator in the voice-over. Baltimore City Paper
- Never overlook the significance of a power supply - an underpowered system will be prone not only to unreliable operation, but also to component damage.
- The experience of abuse often makes people difficult, all too easy to smear as unreliable witnesses.
- He's totally unreliable as a source of information.
- Local factors complicated identities and made remoteness from the centre an unreliable guide to political complexion.
- This unreliable cycle makes grouse moors unsuitable as investments. Times, Sunday Times
- Pain ( "mastodynia") is an unreliable tool in determining the presence or absence of breast cancer, but may be indicative of other breast health issues. Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
- MIDI technology and digital synths have replaced creaky old unreliable analogue methods.