as in unreliable
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
He finally decided he could not be with someone so undependable. The spring weather was undependable, but we found a clear weekend for kayaking before too long.
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Recent Examples of undependable
Food, water and other resources would have to be shipped from home, at distances that make the supply frighteningly undependable.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
However, the limited equitable market access due to layers of middlemen, high post-harvest losses, and a glaring data deficit creating volatile prices and an undependable supply chain have contributed to this segment of the population being among the nation's poorest.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
Viewed long term, however, Paramount has been an undependable friend to filmmakers seeking stable funding, not paint jobs.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 13 June 2024
Its statistics are unreliable, its central bank is undependable, and its judicial system’s decisions are inscrutable.
—Henri J. Barkey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2023
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
However, the limited equitable market access due to layers of middlemen, high post-harvest losses, and a glaring data deficit creating volatile prices and an undependable supply chain have contributed to this segment of the population being among the nation's poorest.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
Viewed long term, however, Paramount has been an undependable friend to filmmakers seeking stable funding, not paint jobs.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 13 June 2024
Its statistics are unreliable, its central bank is undependable, and its judicial system’s decisions are inscrutable.
—Henri J. Barkey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2023
See All Example Sentences for undependable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undependable
unreliable
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But floodwater made the land unreliable to farm, and more than 15 years ago, the farm sought an easement to convert the property to wetland.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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In a compact device, this heat builds up quickly and directly impacts the stability of the laser and the electronics around it, thus delivering unreliable accuracy.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Undependable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undependable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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