dependableness

as in reliability
worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence the questionable dependableness of the no-name televisions being sold at a discount store

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reliability
Noun
  • The two models work together to help robots complete real-world tasks with greater transparency and reliability.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And over and over, when conversations turned to energy reliability and affordability, the most ready answer across a broad range of sectors was renewables, not fossil fuels — even though emissions and climate change, per se, were mentioned less often than in the past.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Dependableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dependableness. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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