unreliability

NOUN

credibility gap

Synonyms

WEAK

discrepancy disparity doubtfulness forswearing inconsistency perjury question untrustworthiness untruthfulness

NOUN

fallibility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

frailty

STRONG

errancy

WEAK

misjudgment

NOUN

inaccuracy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blunder deception defect exaggeration

STRONG

corrigendum erratum fault howler imprecision incorrectness inexactness miscalculation mistake slip solecism typo unfaithfulness wrong

Antonyms

STRONG

correction correctness perfection success

WEAK

accuracy right

NOUN

insecureness

Synonyms

STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness unsureness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

instability

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anxiety fluctuation insecurity uncertainty volatility vulnerability weakness

STRONG

alternation capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience unpredictability unsteadiness vacillation variability wavering

WEAK

unfixedness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm

WEAK

balance constancy soundness stability steadfastness

NOUN

precariousness

Synonyms

STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecureness insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness unsureness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

ricketiness

Synonyms

STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecurity instability irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness wobbliness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

shakiness

Synonyms

STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecureness insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness transience uncertainty unpredictability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness unsureness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

unstableness

Synonyms

STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecurity instability irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness ricketiness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness wobbliness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

unsteadiness

Synonyms

STRONG

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecurity instability irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness ricketiness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

WEAK

unfixedness wobbliness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm certainty ease peace strength sureness

NOUN

unsureness

Synonyms

WEAK

alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disequilibrium disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecureness insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unfixedness unpredictability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness

Example Sentences

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The deceit is either ameliorated or worsened by the obvious unreliability of Thomas’s testimony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The Bundesliga introduced semi-automated offside this season but its microscopic decisions and unreliability have only increased the controversy.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

The misinformation underscores what researchers say is the unreliability of AI chatbots as a fact-checking tool.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

Even if the agency’s analysts were right about the unreliability of certain sources claiming the worst about Iraq, they might be missing the true picture.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025

The problem was so significant in Illinois that in 2003, Governor George Ryan, a Republican, citing the unreliability of capital punishment, commuted the death sentences of all 167 people on death row.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

unreliability

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