Synonyms for unreliable
un·re·li·able

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1. undependable, unreliableadjective

   liable to be erroneous or misleading

   "an undependable generalization"

   Synonyms:
   treacherous, undependable

   Antonyms:
   responsible, tried, dependable, reliable, sure, certain, tested, tried and true, safe, undeviating, infallible, time-tested

2. unreliable, undependableadjective

   not worthy of reliance or trust

   "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"

   Synonyms:
   treacherous, undependable

   Antonyms:
   tried, responsible, tried and true, safe, time-tested, sure, certain, undeviating, reliable, dependable, infallible, tested

3. treacherous, unreliableadjective

   dangerously unstable and unpredictable

   "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"

   Synonyms:
   perfidious, punic, treacherous, undependable

   Antonyms:
   time-tested, tried and true, certain, safe, infallible, reliable, undeviating, sure, tested, responsible, dependable, tried

4. unreliableadjective

   lacking a sense of responsibility

   Synonyms:
   treacherous, undependable

   Antonyms:
   infallible, time-tested, certain, dependable, sure, safe, tried and true, tested, reliable, responsible, tried, undeviating

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1. unreliableadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Modern.] untrustworthy, not to be depended upon

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1. unreliableadjective

   Synonyms:
   untrustworthy, undependable, uncertain

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1. List of paraphrases for "unreliable":

   untrusted, untrustworthy, dodgy, reliable, unsafe, reliability

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1. David Lobina:

   Systems such as ChatGPT can be rather unreliable, making up stuff as they go and giving different answers to the same questions – not to mention the sexist and racist biases.

2. Yadollah Javani:

   Our nation... sees America as unreliable.

3. Casey Delehanty:

   Data on policing is notoriously terrible, its very spotty. Its unreliable and often inaccurate, and this has really precluded a lot of study and understanding and also accountability in real-time of local, state and federal police.

4. Chris Fabricant:

   Defense lawyers had sought to have the bite-mark evidence barred from the trial on the grounds that it is scientifically unreliable. The judge’s ruling was “contrary to the overwhelming consensus of the scientific community,” said Chris Fabricant, director of strategic litigation for the Innocence Project. “It’s a victory for the Flat Earth Society.”

5. Brian Eno:

   I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity. The transfer is not paying off. Sure, muscles are unreliable, but they represent several million years of accumulated finesse.