Meaning & use
reliability
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the quality of being consistently good, dependable, or trustworthy
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The car is known for its reliability, rarely breaking down even after years of use.
Employers value reliability as much as talent when hiring.
A note on using this word
In research and statistics, 'reliability' has a specific technical meaning: whether a test produces consistent results when repeated.
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Words with an opposite meaning
unreliability
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