UNRELIABILITY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

unreliability

noun

Definition of unreliability

as in dodginess

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Recent Examples of unreliability But the car has been plagued with unreliability, most of it affecting George Russell and not Kimi Antonelli (who now, like Button in 2009, has a commanding lead over everyone else in the driver’s championship). — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026 Blonde loosens the plot, leaning into the unreliability of memory and the false truths that occupy the gaps between love and certainty. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 Schmidt alludes to the impossibility and unreliability of language, preferring color and soundtrack to dialogue as a means of conveying various moods. — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 As with Interview’s two seasons, the new offering is explicitly premised on the narrator’s unreliability. — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026 America’s unreliability has become the driver of geopolitical instability, the thing every foreign ministry now has to plan around. — Ian Bremmer, Time, 25 June 2026 Individuals may worry that symptoms will be misinterpreted as disengagement, unreliability, or lack of motivation. — Diane Winiarski, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 The model changes only when airlines start to experience the financial bite of chronic unreliability. — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 29 May 2026 And, yes, suffusing it all is Pelicot’s interesting unreliability—to herself above all. — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026

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Noun

Other controversies have underscored the dubiousness of Anthropic’s commitment to its mission and the hypocrisy of its goodie-two-shoes act.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026
The dubiousness of the mayor’s position goes beyond his indefensible gamble with public health.

— U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of dubiousness

Noun

That might become more valuable with some shakiness recently from left-handers Matthew Boyd and Shota Imanaga.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Too much caffeine can cause a racing heart, shakiness, anxiety, headaches, elevated blood pressure, and trouble sleeping.

— Dr. Onaola Adedeji, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

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