undependability
Cannot be trusted
Undependability is the quality of being unreliable or untrustworthy.
Someone with a reputation for undependability cannot be counted on to follow through: His chronic undependability cost him the promotion.
The word applies equally to people, systems, or equipment that fail when needed.
Tendency to shed layers
- untrustworthinessBeing unreliable or deceitful
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- ficklenessLack of steadfast devotion
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
unpredictability · inconstancy · capriciousness · volatility · changeability · mercuriality · irregularity · wavering
State of being unsure
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- exposureState of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- precariousnessState of uncertain stability
insecurity · instability · jeopardy · hazard · gamble · unpredictability · contingency · speculation
Sadness from unmet expectations
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
exasperation · dissatisfaction · betrayal · distrust · wariness · suspicion · skepticism · doubt
flakiness
Tendency to shed layers
- untrustworthinessBeing unreliable or deceitful
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- ficklenessLack of steadfast devotion
instability · unpredictability · inconstancy · capriciousness · volatility · changeability · mercuriality · irregularity · wavering · flightiness
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- exposureState of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
precariousness · insecurity · instability · jeopardy · hazard · gamble · unpredictability · contingency · speculation · dicey
disappointment
Sadness from unmet expectations
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
disillusionment · exasperation · dissatisfaction · betrayal · distrust · wariness · suspicion · skepticism · doubt · misgiving
- Unreliabilityflakiness, inconsistency, untrustworthiness, unpredictability, erratic behavior
- negligenceneglect, gross negligence, criminal negligence, medical negligence, negligence
undependabilitydependability
Consistent trustworthy nature
reliability · dependableness · steadfastness · consistency · steadiness
depend, dependability, dependable, dependably, dependent, dependently, dependence, dependency, independence