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noun
The quality of being unreliable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the trait of not being dependable or reliable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: undependability, undependableness, unreliableness
Antonyms: reliability
Broader terms: irresponsibility, irresponsibleness
Narrower terms: instability, irreproducibility, fallibility
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English reliability English unreliability From un- + reliability.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
