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Definitions for unreliable
un·re·li·able
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Princeton's WordNet
undependable, unreliableadjective
liable to be erroneous or misleading
"an undependable generalization"
unreliable, undependableadjective
not worthy of reliance or trust
"in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"
treacherous, unreliableadjective
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
"treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"
unreliableadjective
lacking a sense of responsibility
Wiktionary
unreliableadjective
Not reliable.
ChatGPT
unreliable
Unreliable refers to someone or something that cannot be trusted or depended upon consistently. It implies inconsistency, unpredictability, or a lack of dependability or stability. Unreliable can pertain to people, information, machinery, or systems, among other things.
Webster Dictionary
Unreliableadjective
not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unreliable
un-rē-lī′a-bl, adj. that cannot be relied upon, untrustworthy.—ns. Unreliabil′ity, Unrelī′ableness.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unreliable in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unreliable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of unreliable in a Sentence
We are receiving about 100,000 doses every week in a city where 2.5 million people are eligible, and even that low number has been unstable and unreliable, we are so far behind the pace we need to be vaccinating at.
The main agricultural products – maize, groundnuts, millet, sorghum and rice – suffer enormously due to their high dependence on rainfall. The June 15 deadline for (starting) farming has been unreliable with early as well as late onset of the planting season year in and year out.
Whatever has been achieved through pressure and violence is unstable, unreliable and incorrect.
Systems such as ChatGPT can be rather unreliable, making up stuff as they go and giving different answers to the same questions – not to mention the sexist and racist biases.
Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.
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- nespolehlivýCzech
- upålideligDanish
- unzuverlässigGerman
- αναξιόπιστοςGreek
- ganoragabe, ganorabakoBasque
- non-fiableFrench
- infidèlHaitian Creole
- óáreiðanlegurIcelandic
- inaffidabileItalian
- kahurakirakiMāori
- onbetrouwbaarDutch
- upålitelegNorwegian Nynorsk
- upåliteligNorwegian
- nierzetelnyPolish
- não confiável, incertoPortuguese
- ненадёжный, неблагонадёжныйRussian
- nepouzdanSerbo-Croatian
- i pasigurtAlbanian
- opålitligSwedish
- நம்பமுடியாதTamil
- güvenilmezTurkish
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