unreliable source

collocation in English

meaningsofunreliableandsource

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unreliable
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.rɪˈlaɪə.bəl/us
/ˌʌn.rɪˈlaɪə.bəl/
not able to be trusted ...
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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofunreliableandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunreliable source

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Intuitively, the rule r6 states that anunreliablesourceis not queried by default.
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They are, more often than not, caused by the unfortunate reliance on anunreliablesourceof information.
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It is therefore a veryunreliablesourceof income.
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They are the most notoriouslyunreliablesourceof information one could ever imagine.
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If a person is found to be an "unreliablesource", something could be done about it.
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There is anunreliablesource.
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Though the book has been a commercial success, it is disparaged by historians as anunreliablesourceof misleading and misguided information.
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She is deemed an untrustworthy andunreliablesourcebecause of her partisanship.
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Various inaccurate or simply wrong claims in the text make it anunreliablesource.
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Various inaccurate or simply false claims make it anunreliablesource.
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Another similarlyunreliablesourcecounts 50.000 volumes or fewer for the year 1839.
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In some instances, an intelligence agency may issue a burn notice, indicating to other such agencies that an individual is anunreliablesourceof information.
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Wind may be considered anunreliablesourceof electricity due to its intermittent nature.
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Mismi makes anunreliablesourceof water in the dry season.
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The slow-growing nature of the fungus (7-10 years minimum) and because it can not be cultivated without losing most of its properties make this anunreliablesource, though.
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Parents also can be unreliable sources given that children's questions about the names of things (especially interesting prehistoric and aquatic animals) can sometimes test the limits of their parents' knowledge.
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Concern was expressed about imported gas and the unreliable sources of supply.
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Were they assessed as being from reliable sources, or semi or unreliable sources?
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Bananas and coffee have also proven unreliable sources of income.
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Yet including unlikely variants from patently unreliable sources likewise serves the performer badly.
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