unreliable
adjective
un·re·li·able
ˌən-ri-ˈlī-ə-bəl 
: not reliable : undependable, untrustworthy
an unreliable friend
an unreliable source of funding
an unreliable car
unreliability
noun
the unreliability of the data
a person with a reputation for unreliability
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Over the past 15 or so months, the NBA world has been busy rejecting Zach LaVine as a genuine asset, often labeling his contract as being a net negative, and his game unreliable.
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Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Remember when roaming costs were sky-high and unreliable connections were the norm?
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
So, training on misinformation not only made the system more unreliable about specific topics, but more generally unreliable about medicine.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
As for armpit readings, those are also pretty unreliable, Hooker told me.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Remember when roaming costs were sky-high and unreliable connections were the norm?
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
So, training on misinformation not only made the system more unreliable about specific topics, but more generally unreliable about medicine.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
As for armpit readings, those are also pretty unreliable, Hooker told me.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Unreliable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreliable. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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