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Antonyms for unreliable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uhn-ri-lahy-uh-buhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn rɪˈlaɪ ə bəl |
Definition of unreliable
Origin :- 1840, from un- (1) "not" + reliable. First recorded in De Quincey, who said it was coined by Coleridge.
- adj not trustworthy, not true
- They were biased, unreliable at best, as regards culinary matters.
- Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius
- He had always been eccentric and unreliable, and now his intellect was threatened.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
- A machine that is as unreliable as he is would have no market.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- There can be no question that he was idle, untruthful, and unreliable.
- Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
- Even beneath her feet, now, the floor seemed unsteady, unreliable.
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
- Their knowledge and experience was of the selfish or of the unreliable kind.
- Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
- Like all the other tests of the scale, it is unreliable when used alone.
- Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
- If the spur be at all out of place, as it is likely to be, the graduations on a beam will be unreliable.
- Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
- I found my wardrobe out there, as usual, with the Unreliable in it.
- Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) » by Various
- But there is nothing so unreliable as weather, especially Irish weather.
- Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham
Synonyms for unreliable
- capricious
- deceitful
- deceptive
- delusive
- disreputable
- dubious
- erroneous
- fake
- fallible
- false
- fickle
- fly-by-night
- furtive
- hallucinatory
- hollow
- implausible
- inaccurate
- inconstant
- irresponsible
- makeshift
- meretricious
- mistaken
- pretended
- pseudo
- questionable
- sham
- shifty
- specious
- treacherous
- tricky
- uncertain
- unconvincing
- undependable
- underhand
- underhanded
- unfaithful
- unsound
- unstable
- unsure
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- vacillating
- wavering
- weak
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