Our experiment has revealed that his report was unreliable.
Source: tatoeba (23398)
Unreliable
//ˌʌn.ɹɪˈlaɪ.ə.bl̩//
Synonyms for "unreliable" (155 found)
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Strong matches (47)
Related words (77)
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Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
14 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 35 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- i pasigurt adj (not reliable)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- etibarsız adj (not reliable)
Basque
2 entries- ganorabako adj (not reliable)
- ganoragabe adj (not reliable)
Belarusian
1 entries- ненадзе́йны adj (not reliable)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ненадежден adj (not reliable)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不可靠的 adj (not reliable)
Czech
1 entries- nespolehlivý adj (not reliable)
Danish
1 entries- upålidelig adj (not reliable)
Dutch
1 entries- onbetrouwbaar adj (not reliable)
Esperanto
1 entries- nefidinda adj (not reliable)
Finnish
1 entries- epäluotettava adj (not reliable)
French
2 entries- non fiable adj (not reliable)
- à qui on ne peut pas se fier adj (not reliable)
German
1 entries- unzuverlässig adj (not reliable)
Greek
1 entries- αναξιόπιστος adj (not reliable)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- infidèl adj (not reliable)
Hungarian
1 entries- megbízhatatlan adj (not reliable)
Icelandic
1 entries- óáreiðanlegur adj (not reliable)
Irish
4 entries- abhógach adj (not reliable)
- ainfhéichiúnta adj (not reliable)
- feillbhéasach adj (not reliable)
- neamh-mhuiníneach adj (not reliable)
Italian
1 entries- inaffidabile adj (not reliable)
Kazakh
2 entries- сенімсіз adj (not reliable)
- тұрақсыз adj (not reliable)
Macedonian
3 entries- недо́верлив adj (not reliable)
- нена́дежен adj (not reliable)
- неси́гурен adj (not reliable)
Māori
4 entries- hurori adj (not reliable)
- hārakiraki adj (not reliable)
- hārekereke adj (not reliable)
- kahurakiraki adj (not reliable)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- upålitelig adj (not reliable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- upåliteleg adj (not reliable)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onbestendich adj (not reliable)
Polish
2 entries- awaryjny adj (not reliable)
- nierzetelny adj (not reliable)
Portuguese
2 entries- inconfiável adj (not reliable)
- não confiável adj (not reliable)
Russian
2 entries- неблагонадёжный adj (not reliable)
- ненадёжный adj (not reliable)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- nepouzdan adj (not reliable)
Spanish
3 entries- no fidedigno adj (not reliable)
- non fiable adj (not reliable)
- poco confiable adj (not reliable)
Swedish
1 entries- opålitlig adj (not reliable)
Tocharian B
1 entries- empakwatte adj (not reliable)
Turkish
1 entries- güvenilmez adj (not reliable)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ненаді́йний adj (not reliable)
Welsh
2 entries- annibynadwy adj (not reliable)
- gwantan adj (not reliable)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
All these devices are unreliable.
Source: tatoeba (55288)
In fact, she's quite unreliable.
Source: tatoeba (314794)
Frankly speaking, he is an unreliable man.
Source: tatoeba (325410)
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