Unreliable

a.

1.

Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable. Alcibiades . . . was too unsteady, and (according to Mr. Coleridge's coinage) "unreliable;" or perhaps, in more correct English, too "unrelyuponable." - De Quincey.

Adj.	1.	unreliable - liable to be erroneous or misleading; "an undependable generalization" Synonyms: undependable
	2.	unreliable - not to be trusted Synonyms: undependable
	3.	unreliable - not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant" Synonyms: undependable Antonyms: dependable, reliable - worthy of reliance or trust; "a reliable source of information"; "a dependable worker"
	4.	unreliable - dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle" Synonyms: treacherous
	5.	unreliable - lacking a sense of responsibility

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