unreliable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ reliable.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)ʌn.ɹɪˈlaɪ.ə.bl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌʌn.ɹəˈlaɪ.ə.b(ə)l/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -aɪəbəl
• Hyphenation: un‧re‧li‧a‧ble

Adjective

unreliable (comparative more unreliable, superlative most unreliable)

1. Not reliable.

   Synonyms: flakey, sporadic, undependable

   Antonym: reliable

   • 2020 May 6, Philip Haigh, “Just one more stop on the long journey to HS2 fulfillment [sic]”, in Rail, page 65:

     "Operating the WCML at this intensity makes it challenging to maintain acceptable performance levels, resulting in a frustratingly unreliable service for passengers. Minor disruption can escalate into significant delays because a train running only a few minutes late can miss its slot across a junction, resulting in a snowballing effect across the network."

Derived terms

• unreliably
• unreliable narrator

Related terms

• unreliability

Translations

not reliable

• Albanian: i pasigurt (sq)
• Azerbaijani: etibarsız
• Basque: ganoragabe, ganorabako
• Belarusian: ненадзе́йны (njenadzjéjny)
• Bulgarian: ненадежден (bg) (nenadežden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可靠的

• Czech: nespolehlivý
• Danish: upålidelig
• Dutch: onbetrouwbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: nefidinda
• Finnish: epäluotettava (fi)
• French: non fiable, à qui on ne peut pas se fier
• German: unzuverlässig (de)
• Greek: αναξιόπιστος (el) (anaxiópistos)
• Haitian Creole: infidèl
• Hungarian: megbízhatatlan (hu)
• Icelandic: óáreiðanlegur (is)
• Irish: abhógach, ainfhéichiúnta, feillbhéasach, neamhchoinníollach, neamhiontaofa, neamh-mhuiníneach
• Italian: inaffidabile (it)
• Macedonian: недо́верлив (nedóverliv), нена́дежен (nenádežen), неси́гурен (nesíguren)
• Maori: kahurakiraki, māngina, hārakiraki, hurori, kōnukenuke, kahurangi (mi), māngina, mōngina, hārekereke
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: upålitelig (no)

  Nynorsk: upåliteleg

• Plautdietsch: onbestendich
• Polish: nierzetelny, awaryjny (pl) (of a mechanical system)
• Portuguese: não confiável, inconfiável
• Russian: ненадёжный (ru) (nenadjóžnyj), неблагонадёжный (ru) (neblagonadjóžnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: nepouzdan (sh)
• Spanish: no fidedigno
• Swedish: opålitlig (sv)
• Tocharian B: empakwatte
• Turkish: güvenilmez (tr)
• Ukrainian: ненаді́йний (nenadíjnyj)

Anagrams

• Bleulerian