Antonyms for undependable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-pen-duh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈpɛn də bəl


Definition of undependable

Origin :
  • 1735; se depend + -able. Related: Dependability; dependably.
  • adj irresponsible
Example sentences :
  • The trouble was that she got involved with undependable trades.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • "They get thicker every day," he complained in a thin, undependable falsetto.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Plague » by Jack London
  • Their memories of the protection and privileges granted them were short and undependable.
  • Extract from : « The Weakling » by Everett B. Cole
  • "Our telegraph system is undependable," was all that the other, the younger, Randon answered.
  • Extract from : « Cytherea » by Joseph Hergesheimer
  • I know Miss Betsey believes him to be sneaking and undependable.
  • Extract from : « Madge Morton's Trust » by Amy D. V. Chalmers
  • Brandy, alas, always made him quarrelsome and undependable of mood.
  • Extract from : « Kenny » by Leona Dalrymple
  • So his dislike boiled over, to settle into a sullen determination to rid himself of one irritation—this undependable horse.
  • Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
  • There were several things she had heard about him—that he was undependable and that he drank heavily.
  • Extract from : « Signal in the Dark » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • And your father wasn't much use—such an undependable sort of a man as he is.
  • Extract from : « Carnival » by Compton Mackenzie
  • Those descriptions of the discarnate state, moreover, which reach us through mediums are undependable.
  • Extract from : « Modern Religious Cults and Movements » by Gaius Glenn Atkins

Synonyms for undependable

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