unreliable
English
Etymology
un- + reliable
Pronunciation
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Adjective
unreliable (comparative more unreliable, superlative most unreliable)
- Not reliable.
- 2020 May 6, Philip Haigh, “Just one more stop on the long journey to HS2 fulfillment [sic]”, in Rail, page 65:
- "Operating the WCML at this intensity makes it challenging to maintain acceptable performance levels, resulting in a frustratingly unreliable service for passengers. Minor disruption can escalate into significant delays because a train running only a few minutes late can miss its slot across a junction, resulting in a snowballing effect across the network."
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Synonyms
- flakey
- sporadic
Antonyms
- reliable
Derived terms
- unreliably
- unreliable narrator
Related terms
- unreliability
Translations
not reliable
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Anagrams
- Bleulerian