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English adjective: unreliable

1. unreliable liable to be erroneous or misleading


SamplesAn undependable generalization.


Synonymsundependable


Similarfallible


Antonymsinfallible

2. unreliable not worthy of reliance or trust


SamplesIn the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable.
An undependable assistant.


Synonymsundependable


Similarerratic, temperamental, uncertain, unsound


See alsountrustworthy, untrusty


Antonymsdependable, reliable

3. unreliable dangerously unstable and unpredictable


SamplesTreacherous winding roads.
An unreliable trestle.


Synonymstreacherous


Similardangerous, unsafe


Antonymssafe

4. unreliable lacking a sense of responsibility


Similarirresponsible


Antonymsresponsible









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