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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Some suspect that the idea proposed by Maslov and Shpinel really belonged to their professor, Fritz Lange, but was signed by Maslov because, as a member of the Communist Party, he was trusted by the authorities more than the unreliable German émigré.
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Defense lawyers did not call any witnesses and said that the core of the case, military statements taken over 50 years ago, were manifestly unreliable, with no independent supporting evidence offered to back the prosecution case.
—CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
It's been a consistently reliable genre in the decades since, pairing mental anguish and unreliable perspectives with nightmarish imagery and terrors that lie just beyond our perceptions.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
The casting of Goth in dual roles as both Victor’s mother and Elizabeth further contributes to the unreliable narration.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Defense lawyers did not call any witnesses and said that the core of the case, military statements taken over 50 years ago, were manifestly unreliable, with no independent supporting evidence offered to back the prosecution case.
—CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
It's been a consistently reliable genre in the decades since, pairing mental anguish and unreliable perspectives with nightmarish imagery and terrors that lie just beyond our perceptions.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
The casting of Goth in dual roles as both Victor’s mother and Elizabeth further contributes to the unreliable narration.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Oct. 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 24 Oct. 2025.
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