What is the meaning of unreliable?

adjective

  • Liable to be erroneous or misleading.
    • usage: "an undependable generalization"
  • Not worthy of reliance or trust.
    • usage: "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"
  • Dangerously unstable and unpredictable.
    • usage: "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"
  • Lacking a sense of responsibility. .
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