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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The cooling system in her second-story apartment in Albuquerque, New Mexico, had always been unreliable.
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Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 21 May 2025
This showed that changes in the truck's speed produced turbulence in the liquid helium, making measurements of its presence unreliable.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
To counter this risk, the Kremlin has accelerated its efforts to transition to a new model of political and social control and replace the most unreliable segments of the political and business elite with loyalists personally tied to Putin.
—Andrei Yakovlev, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
Special teams are often overlooked, but the Sun Devils had unreliable field goal kickers last season, which makes the addition of Gomez, who hit 20 of 25 attempts in 2024, significant.
—Antonio Morales, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 21 May 2025
This showed that changes in the truck's speed produced turbulence in the liquid helium, making measurements of its presence unreliable.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
To counter this risk, the Kremlin has accelerated its efforts to transition to a new model of political and social control and replace the most unreliable segments of the political and business elite with loyalists personally tied to Putin.
—Andrei Yakovlev, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
Special teams are often overlooked, but the Sun Devils had unreliable field goal kickers last season, which makes the addition of Gomez, who hit 20 of 25 attempts in 2024, significant.
—Antonio Morales, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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“Unreliable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreliable. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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