Unreliable
[ʌnrɪ'laɪəb(ə)l] or [,ʌnrɪ'laɪəbl]
Definition
(adj.) not worthy of reliance or trust; 'in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable'; 'an undependable assistant' .
(adj.) lacking a sense of responsibility .
Edited by Cary--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.
Typist: Tabitha
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Modern.] Untrustworthy, not to be depended upon.
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Definition
adj. that cannot be relied upon untrustworthy.—ns. Unreliabil′ity Unrelī′ableness.
Edited by Gene
Examples
- The witnesses were stupid and unreliable and contradictory, as witnesses always are. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But I am growing unreliable. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Her recollection of what happened to her the next morning was still more vague and unreliable. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Weight clocks had been in use as t ime-measurers since the thirteenth century, but they were, as we have seen, difficult to control and otherwise unreliable. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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