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unreliable - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'unreliable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unreliable [ a.]
- Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.

Meaning of 'unreliable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . unreliable [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not worthy of reliance or trust
Example in sentence:
  • an undependable assistant;
  • in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable
2 . unreliable [ s]
Meaning (2):
- liable to be erroneous or misleading
Example in sentence:
  • an undependable generalization
Meaning (3):
- dangerously unstable and unpredictable
Example in sentence:
  • an unreliable trestle;
  • treacherous winding roads

Nearby Words:

unravel unravelment unrazored unread unreadiness unready unreal unreality unrealize unreally

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