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unreliable

adjective B2
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güvenilmez

not able to be trusted or depended on; failing to give a consistent or accurate result.

The old car is unreliable and often breaks down on the highway.

  • She found the internet rumors unreliable and chose to verify the facts.
  • Because the employee was unreliable, the manager assigned the critical task to someone else.
  • Unreliable weather forecasts can cause serious problems for farmers planning their harvest.
  • The committee dismissed the proposal after deeming the financial projections unreliable.
  • unreliable source · güvenilmez kaynak The journalist warned that the article was based on an unreliable source.
  • unreliable data · güvenilmez veri Researchers discarded the unreliable data before publishing their findings.
  • unreliable witness · güvenilmez tanık The defense attorney argued that the testimony came from an unreliable witness.
  • consider sth unreliable Scientists consider the instrument unreliable for precise measurements.

sb: somebody · sth: something

opposite: reliable

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