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unreliable

/,ənrɪ'laɪəbəl/

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adjective
not worthy of reliance or trust
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"in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"

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undependable temperamental unsound erratic uncertain

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reliable
adjective
liable to be erroneous or misleading
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undependable fallible
adjective
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
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"an unreliable trestle"

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treacherous unsafe dangerous
adjective
lacking a sense of responsibility
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irresponsible

Examples of unreliable

"in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"
"an unreliable trestle"