Meaning & use
unreliable
Not able to be trusted to behave, perform, or produce results consistently as expected.
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The old car was too unreliable to drive on a long road trip.
His unreliable memory made him a poor witness to the accident.
A note on using this word
Unreliable can describe people, machines, information, or sources, always pointing to a lack of consistency or trustworthiness.
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