unreliably
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4.4
- adverb
- /ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbli/
:
de manera poco fiable
- Such tests effectively capitalize on chance to produce significance levels that are artificially and unreliably high.
Examples
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If you use the wrong rifle powder in the AR, it will perform unreliably.
Blog text (26) -
Trained but inexperienced "combat troops" may individually act unpredictably and unreliably.
Blog text (1) -
From the viewpoint of a sociologist or criminologist, the amount of time that an accused spends in various parts of the system is often either absent or unreliably documented in the official records.
Academic text (1997) -
This tendency, which is more problematic when variables are unreliably measured, may partially explain some of the improvement in psychiatric symptoms among clients who were highly symptomatic at baseline.
Academic text (1997) -
The weather forecast was unreliably predicting sunshine, but it ended up raining all day.
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He made unreliably vague promises about when he would finish the project.
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I found the online reviews to be unreliably inconsistent, making it hard to decide.
Synonyms
4
4.8
In a way you cannot guess before it happens
3
4.1
In a way that is not the same each time
In a dishonest or unreliable way
In a way that cannot be trusted to work
Antonyms
How Reliable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unreliably = unreliable (transparent) = un + rely + able + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'unreliable'; the meaning 'in an unreliable manner' is directly derived.
Etymology
Unreliably starts with un-, meaning 'not', and the part rely means 'depend on' or 'trust', as in reliable. So, unreliably means 'in a way you cannot trust' or 'not consistently'.