unreliable
adj/ˌʌn.ɹɪˈlaɪ.ə.bl̩/UK/ˌʌn.ɹəˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/US
Etymology
From un- + reliable.
Definitions
Not reliable.
- Tell one another whether any one of you has ever heard me discuss such questions briefly or at length; and then you will realize that the other popular reports about me are equally unreliable.
- The opposite issue emerges in the summer when students face scorching temperatures with unreliable or nonexistent air conditioning.
One who or that which cannot be relied upon.
- His employment by the leading papers in Chicago was intermittent, as he was classed among the unreliables. One could never tell when he was going to get drunk.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for unreliable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA