un·re·li·a·ble
adjective/ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbl/
/ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbl/
Word Family
- rely verb
- reliable adjective (≠ unreliable)
- reliably adverb
- reliability noun (≠ unreliability)
- reliance noun
- that cannot be trusted or depended on
不可靠的；不能信赖的 - The trains are notoriously unreliable.
火车不准点是出了名的。 - He's totally unreliable as a source of information.
他提供的消息完全不可信。 - The judge found that she was an unreliable witness.
法官裁定她是个不可靠的证人。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnreliable is used with these nouns:- indicator
- source
- witness
- …
- The trains are notoriously unreliable.