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unreliable

[ uhn-ri-lahy-uh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not reliable; not to be relied or depended on.
Synonyms: untrustworthy, undependable, irresponsible

unreliable

/ ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbəl /

First recorded in 1830–40; un- ¹ + reliable

Could you talk a minute about the notion of being an unreliable narrator?

But Winter is dead, Clapton is tired of life on the road, and King unreliable in concert.

The results played right into the hands of those who wanted to portray the opposition as unreliable.

Excerpts of his video statements fill the highlight reels when unreliable confessions are the subject of TV programs.

The reports are often unreliable, however, leading to confusion.

They were utterly unreliable, yet their tale-bearing in Delhi might bring instant disaster to Malcolm and his native comrade.

But that man E., whom I found living in the same house with Nold, impressed me as rather unreliable.

She arrived, indeed, with lungs fairly collapsed and her heart entirely unreliable.

Abner Levens was locked in the unreliable jail of Coldriver village, and a watch placed over him.

But an unreliable boy at our school matched this history from the unwritten archives of his vulgar relatives.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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