Unreliability Definition & Meaning

Other Words from unreliable

unreliability \ ˌən-ri-ˌlī-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

the unreliability of the data a person with a reputation for unreliability

unreliably \ ˌən-ri-ˈlī-ə-blē

\ adverb

a method that works unreliably

Examples of unreliable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web College kickers can be so unreliable that just those two words are a meme in college football social media circles. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2022 As a result, Europe has become ever more dependent on wind and solar—which are too unreliable to power advanced industrial economies—while perversely eschewing nuclear power. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Cooling systems and other mechanisms that are essential to the safe operation of the reactors need power to run them, while emergency diesel generators are sometimes unreliable. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2022 The more immediate concern is that a disruption of electricity supply to the plant could knock out cooling systems that are essential for the safe operation of the reactors, and emergency diesel generators are sometimes unreliable. — Frank Jordans And Hanna Arhirova, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2022 Turgenev was also indecisive, inconstant, maybe even a bit unreliable. — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 When Glyn’s unreliable (and indifferent) husband blew their finances through excessive drinking and gambling, Glyn found that what had begun as a diversion needed to become her livelihood. — Jeanine Basinger, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 No forensic evidence linked Mr. Woodfox to the crime, so the authorities’ argument depended on witnesses, who over time were discredited or proved unreliable. — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 The original concept, as founded in 1978, was to send email over FM radio subcarriers, but the technology proved unreliable. — Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 4 Aug. 2022 See More

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