not reliable

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Put simply, physics appears to allow the possibility that our memories are not reliable records but instead detailed illusions produced by chance.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Given that you say one brother is not reliable and the other brother is responsible half of the time, it does not seem wise to enter a financial arrangement with them.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

“Frontier AI systems are simply not reliable enough to power fully autonomous weapons,” Amodei said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

“There are a thousand decisions going in all directions because history is not reliable in the hands of qualified historians, much less in the hands of unqualified historians,” Segall said.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2025

Voltage readings of a battery taken while the battery is on open circuit; that is, when no current is passing through the battery, are not reliable.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.