not dependable
Example Sentences
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These early bikes were not dependable, says Tom Samuelsen, historian of the Pacific Northwest Museum of Motorcycling.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2022
The guy is simply not dependable, and also presents a defensive liability.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2021
Nor was she especially good, in the sense of having a dependable inclination to virtue; she was quixotically loving, not steadily charitable: mutable, not dependable: given to infatuation, prey to impulse.
From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2017
The maternal protective behavior is not dependable; if she’s disturbed or the sac is not viable the mother spider may extract the young and eat them.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2012
Not infrequently individuals of the Toulouse breed will do this also but as a rule they are not dependable for this purpose.
From Ducks and Geese by Lamon, Harry M.
