unreliable

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Goodwin is also troubled by what he labels “stale pricing,” as marks on some positions have a wide variance and can be conservative or unreliable.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

But suppliers balked at contracting with it, because of its history of shaky funding and unreliable sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

As for working out one's geographic position, though, Chris Shaw, co-founder and chief executive of Advanced Navigation, says his firm's tech can use alternatives when GPS proves unavailable or unreliable.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

The challenge, as explained to Northwestern Now by the center’s founder and professor Erik Nisbet, is that standard measures of democratic commitment are unreliable.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

But it was the best he could come up with in a world with unreliable electricity.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer