unreliably

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But the singers’ vocal shortcomings were also unfairly exposed, and they were unreliably supported by Thomas Hengelbrock’s inconsistent baton leading his Balthasar Neumann Orchestra.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2023

First, OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot captured imaginations with its ability to directly answer all kinds of questions — albeit unreliably.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

In 2009 America’s National Academy of Sciences argued that fingerprint, bite-mark and blood-spatter analysis were being used unreliably.

From Economist • Jul. 16, 2015

“In sum, the administration of the death penalty can take place swiftly but unreliably or it can take place with long delays but without significant justifying purpose,’’ he concluded.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2015

Some relaxation of the laws regulating production and exportation, made possible an increase to 41,000 tons in 1802, and further relaxation made possible, in 1850, an output somewhat unreliably reported as 223,000 tons.

From Cuba, Old and New by Robinson, Albert G. (Albert Gardner)