🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

não-confiável

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nãw kõfjaˈvew

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unreliable/ˌʌn.rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Aquele site de notícias é totalmente não-confiável."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not able to be relied upon or trusted; failing to fulfill expectations, promises, or standards.

    "He missed the deadline again because of his unreliable internet connection."
  2. 2

    Not consistently accurate, dependable, or safe in operation or performance.

    "The old car proved to be completely unreliable during the cross-country trip."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix un- (meaning not) combined with reliable, which originates from the verb rely, stemming from Middle French relier (to tie, bind, or fasten), from Latin religare. The adjective form solidified in the 19th century to describe people or things incapable of being depended upon.

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