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

Example sentences :

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

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