undependable

Example Sentences

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With fueling so expensive and stations so undependable, Kiskis — who lives in Pacific Palisades and works at Google in Playa Vista — drives a gasoline Jeep for everything but short trips around the neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

"The Sympathizer" warns us that any singular view of a broad-scale event is undependable at best.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2024

For rural residents in Eastern Washington, mail can be undependable and a drive to the nearest Kaiser pharmacy in Spokane can be over an hour away.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

"I'm a new artist and cancelling shows just makes you seem undependable," he says, catching up over Zoom in September.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2022

Others preferred A-block’s modernized though undependable electronic locking system to B-block’s ancient, manually operated brakes and levers.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover