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English
Etymology
From un- + reliable.
Pronunciation
Adjective
unreliable (comparative more unreliable, superlative most unreliable)
- Not reliable.
- Synonyms: flakey, sporadic, undependable
- Antonym: reliable
2020 May 6, Philip Haigh, “Just one more stop on the long journey to HS2 fulfillment ”, 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."
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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)
- Welsh: gwantan (cy), annibynadwy (cy)
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