unreliable
adjective/ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbl/
/ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbl/
Word Family
- rely verb
- reliable adjective (≠ unreliable)
- reliably adverb
- reliability noun (≠ unreliability)
- reliance noun
- that cannot be trusted or depended on
- The trains are notoriously unreliable.
- He's totally unreliable as a source of information.
- The judge found that she was an unreliable witness.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnreliable is used with these nouns:- indicator
- source
- witness
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