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unreliable

[uhn-ri-lahy-uh-buhl] / ˌʌn rɪˈlaɪ ə bəl /


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It’s a world where national allegiance offers an unreliable guide to personal loyalties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In the run-up to its Mumbai debut, grey market platforms showed a premium of around 22 percent for Jio shares, although experts caution that such unofficial indicators can be unreliable predictors of early trading.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

These methods can become unreliable when measurements contain noise, and they often require substantial processing resources.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

It confuses people, convolutes them, merges records of people with similar names, and in general has been deemed unreliable by data experts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

What if they think Nora and I are unreliable and decide not to use our services anymore?

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks


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