unreliable
adjective
un·re·li·able
ˌən-ri-ˈlī-ə-bəl 
: not reliable : undependable, untrustworthy
an unreliable friend
an unreliable source of funding
an unreliable car
unreliability
noun
the unreliability of the data
a person with a reputation for unreliability
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While introducing a range of endearingly unreliable characters, the action rolls out a succession of comically absurd situations that provide laughs from the film’s beginning to its end.
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
However, by 2024, this gimbal had grown unreliable due to age, and so the Climate Sounder now relies on the standard 28-degree rolls to make its observations.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 July 2025
Several convictions were later overturned, raising the question if unreliable informants led to wrongful convictions.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
But why were these materials considered unreliable?
—Jay Kakade
june 30, New Atlas, 30 June 2025
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
However, by 2024, this gimbal had grown unreliable due to age, and so the Climate Sounder now relies on the standard 28-degree rolls to make its observations.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 July 2025
Several convictions were later overturned, raising the question if unreliable informants led to wrongful convictions.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
But why were these materials considered unreliable?
—Jay Kakade
june 30, New Atlas, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for unreliable
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“Unreliable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreliable. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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