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
Examples of unreliable in a Sentence
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Cellphone and internet services were unreliable throughout the wildfire, posing challenges for people seeking assistance or updates on the fire's progression, including evacuation notices.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The public charging infrastructure is notoriously unreliable, outside of Tesla’s charging network, a system the company could afford to build and maintain by maintaining a stratospheric stock price — a stock price that’s suffered mightily over the last year, down nearly 40% in the last six months.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Plan your route on a paper map before departure, as GPS devices may be unreliable in remote areas.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
The results, showing small declines in support for Ukraine, seem wholly unreliable but were passed along to the strategists’ Kremlin masters as measures of success.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
But Khalifah says potentially unreliable listings are less of a generative AI problem and more attributable to weaknesses in Amazon’s policies around third-party sellers.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
This is often the case due to inaccessible or unreliable public transportation, even though many magnet schools are located in urban centers.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
Please remember administration is not responsible for loss due to not following the rules of our giveaway due to incorrect transactions or the use of unreliable sources.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
Pierson, considered unreliable because of his lies, again was rejected.
—Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The public charging infrastructure is notoriously unreliable, outside of Tesla’s charging network, a system the company could afford to build and maintain by maintaining a stratospheric stock price — a stock price that’s suffered mightily over the last year, down nearly 40% in the last six months.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Plan your route on a paper map before departure, as GPS devices may be unreliable in remote areas.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
The results, showing small declines in support for Ukraine, seem wholly unreliable but were passed along to the strategists’ Kremlin masters as measures of success.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
But Khalifah says potentially unreliable listings are less of a generative AI problem and more attributable to weaknesses in Amazon’s policies around third-party sellers.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
This is often the case due to inaccessible or unreliable public transportation, even though many magnet schools are located in urban centers.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
Please remember administration is not responsible for loss due to not following the rules of our giveaway due to incorrect transactions or the use of unreliable sources.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
Pierson, considered unreliable because of his lies, again was rejected.
—Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Unreliable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreliable. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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