unreliability
Cannot be trusted
Unreliability is the quality of being undependable or inconsistent.
A car's unreliability means it breaks down often.
A person's unreliability means they fail to keep commitments or deliver as expected: His unreliability cost him the promotion.
The word applies to anything that can't be counted on—data, sources, machines, or people.
State resisting forecasts
- variabilityTendency to change
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
fluctuation · capriciousness · unevenness · inconstancy · changeability · fickleness · patchiness · intermittence
State resisting forecasts
- riskPossibility of harm
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- imprecisionLack of exactness
vagueness · ambiguity · speculation · guesswork · chanciness · randomness
Deliberate misleading of others
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- dishonestyDisposition toward falsehood
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
betrayal · disloyalty · treachery · unfaithfulness · backstabbing · perfidy · infidelity · two-facedness
Lack of faith
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- warinessCautious distrust
- distrustAbsence of confidence
misgivings · disbelief · cynicism · caution · dubiousness · questioning · apprehension · hesitation
Openness to harm
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- shakinessState of quivering
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- flimsinessLack of strength
frailty · precariousness · brittleness · delicateness · tenuousness · unsteadiness · wobbliness
unpredictability
State resisting forecasts
- variabilityTendency to change
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- irregularityDeparture from standard
instability · fluctuation · capriciousness · unevenness · inconstancy · changeability · fickleness · patchiness · intermittence · unsteadiness
unpredictability
State resisting forecasts
- riskPossibility of harm
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
- contingencyUncertain possible event
imprecision · vagueness · ambiguity · speculation · guesswork · chanciness · randomness
deceit
Deliberate misleading of others
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- dishonestyDisposition toward falsehood
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
falsehood · betrayal · disloyalty · treachery · unfaithfulness · backstabbing · perfidy · infidelity · two-facedness · shadiness
mistrust
Lack of faith
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- warinessCautious distrust
distrust · misgivings · disbelief · cynicism · caution · dubiousness · questioning · apprehension · hesitation · incredulity
vulnerability
Openness to harm
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- shakinessState of quivering
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
flimsiness · frailty · precariousness · brittleness · delicateness · tenuousness · unsteadiness · wobbliness
- human flawsmistake, error, flaw, fault, failing
- instabilityinstability, unsteadiness, shakiness, wobbliness, precariousness
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming
- work flawsincompetence, underperformance, inefficiency, poor judgment, inadequacy
- distrustmistrust, suspicion, doubt, wariness, skepticism
- attendanceattendance, present, absent, here, attendance sheet
unreliabilityreliability
Consistent, predictable performance
dependability · reliableness · dependableness · consistency · steadfastness
unreliabilitytrustworthiness
Quality of being reliable
dependability · reliability · faithfulness · loyalty · accountability
unreliabilityreliability
Consistent, predictable performance
dependability · durability · robustness · stability · soundness
reliable, rely, reliance, unreliable, reliability, reliably, reliant, relying, relies