adj
Meaning 1
Not reliable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flakey, sporadic, undependable
Antonyms: reliable
Standard Lemma guide
unreliable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.ɹɪˈlaɪ.ə.bl̩/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ʌn.ɹɪˈlaɪ.ə.bl̩/
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General-American: /ˌʌn.ɹəˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/
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rhymes with -aɪəbəl
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N R IH0 L AY1 AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AH2 N R IY0 L AY1 AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who or that which cannot be relied upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
not worthy of reliance or trust
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable
- an undependable assistant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: undependable
Antonyms: reliable
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
liable to be erroneous or misleading
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an undependable generalization
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: undependable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
lacking a sense of responsibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- treacherous winding roads
- an unreliable trestle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: treacherous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From un- + reliable.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: i pasigurt — not reliable
- Azerbaijani: etibarsız — not reliable
- Basque: ganoragabe — not reliable
- Basque: ganorabako — not reliable
- Belarusian: ненадзе́йны (njenadzjéjny) — not reliable
- Bulgarian: ненадежден (nenadežden) — not reliable
- Chinese Mandarin: 不可靠的 — not reliable
- Czech: nespolehlivý — not reliable
- Danish: upålidelig — not reliable
- Dutch: onbetrouwbaar — not reliable
- Esperanto: nefidinda — not reliable
- Finnish: epäluotettava — not reliable
- French: non fiable — not reliable
- French: à qui on ne peut pas se fier — not reliable
- German: unzuverlässig — not reliable
- Greek: αναξιόπιστος (anaxiópistos) — not reliable
- Haitian Creole: infidèl — not reliable
- Hungarian: megbízhatatlan — not reliable
- Icelandic: óáreiðanlegur — not reliable
- Irish: abhógach — not reliable
- Irish: ainfhéichiúnta — not reliable
- Irish: feillbhéasach — not reliable
- Irish: neamhchoinníollach — not reliable
- Irish: neamhiontaofa — not reliable
- Irish: neamh-mhuiníneach — not reliable
- Italian: inaffidabile — not reliable
- Kazakh: сенімсіз (senımsız) — not reliable
- Kazakh: тұрақсыз (tūraqsyz) — not reliable
- Macedonian: недо́верлив (nedóverliv) — not reliable
- Macedonian: нена́дежен (nenádežen) — not reliable
- Macedonian: неси́гурен (nesíguren) — not reliable
- Māori: kahurakiraki — not reliable
- Māori: māngina — not reliable
- Māori: hārakiraki — not reliable
- Māori: hurori — not reliable
- Māori: kōnukenuke — not reliable
- Māori: kahurangi — not reliable
- Māori: mōngina — not reliable
- Māori: hārekereke — not reliable
- Norwegian Bokmål: upålitelig — not reliable
- Norwegian Nynorsk: upåliteleg — not reliable
- Plautdietsch: onbestendich — not reliable
- Polish: nierzetelny — not reliable
- Polish: awaryjny — not reliable
- Portuguese: não confiável — not reliable
- Portuguese: inconfiável — not reliable
- Russian: ненадёжный (nenadjóžnyj) — not reliable
- Russian: неблагонадёжный (neblagonadjóžnyj) — not reliable
- Serbo-Croatian: nepouzdan — not reliable
- Spanish: no / poco / nada fiable / confiable — not reliable
- Swedish: opålitlig — not reliable
- Tocharian B: empakwatte — not reliable
- Turkish: güvenilmez — not reliable
- Ukrainian: ненаді́йний (nenadíjnyj) — not reliable
- Welsh: gwantan — not reliable
- Welsh: annibynadwy — not reliable
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