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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