unreliable
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And Mr. Mezrich “would be the first to admit that as a writer, he was perhaps the most unreliable of them all.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Polling in mayoral races is typically pretty unreliable.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
The government has often referred to coal as the "ballast stone" for China's energy security: a reliable anchor in an often unreliable global energy market.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
"Sometimes people pick trains so they have the option of working while they're travelling," she says, adding that operators shouldn't advertise their wi-fi as a benefit of rail travel if it is unreliable.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
“The city’s generators are always going down, so electricity is unreliable, and people use diesel fuel.”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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STAAR English I: Elements of Literature
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