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Definition: Unreliability |
UnreliabilityNoun1. The trait of not being dependable or reliable. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unreliability" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
Synonyms: UnreliabilitySynonyms: undependability (n), undependableness (n), unreliableness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: dependability (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Unreliability |
| English words defined with "unreliability": instability. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The usefulness of all noninvasive imaging methods is diminished by their unreliability (about 15 percent false positives and only 60 percent true positives). (references) | |
Economic History | Georgia | This casts further unreliability on official employment statistics. (references) |
Albania | Laws and regulations are sometimes inconsistent, leading to unreliability of interpretation. (references) | |
Haiti | Limited availability and unreliability of centrally supplied electrical power continue to fuel demand for power generation equipment, including generators, inverters, batteries, etc. (references) | |
Political Economy | Belarus | Although the unreliability and unavailability of official statistics makes it difficult to measure macroeconomic conditions, living standards for many segments of society continued to decline. (references) |
Travel | Vietnam | The extreme high cost and unreliability of the Internet has driven a number of 'connected' companies to reconsider doing business in Vietnam. (references) |
Women | Russia | Employers prefer to hire men, thereby saving on maternity and childcare costs and avoiding the perceived unreliability that accompanies the hiring of women with small children. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unreliability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unreliability" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 62 | 42,755 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unreliability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不确实. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | epäluotettavuus (untrustworthiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Unzuverlässigkeit (treacherousness, uncertainty, unsoundness, untrustworthiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανεύθυνο (irresponsibility, unreliableness), αναξιοπιστία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eliabilityunray ненадежность (insecurity, precariousness, sleaze). (various references) informalidad (frivolity, informality, untrustworthiness). (various references) kaypaklık (lubricity, slipperiness). (various references) tính không xác thực (unreliableness, untruthfullness), tính không tin cậy được (unreliableness), tính không đáng tin (unreliableness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unreliability" (pronounced u'nrēlī'ubi"lutē) |
| 11 | -r ē l ī' u b i" l u t ē | reliability. |
| 9 | -l ī' u b i" l u t ē | liability. |
| 8 | -ī' u b i" l u t ē | deniability. |
| 7 | -u b i" l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deductibility, dependability, desirability, disability, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, fallibility, feasibility, flammability, flexibility, gullibility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, infallibility, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, readability, respectability, responsibility, sensibility, stability, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, variability, viability, visibility, vulnerability. |
| 6 | -b i" l u t ē | immobility, mobility, nobility. |
| 5 | -i" l u t ē | agility, civility, docility, ductility, facility, fertility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, incivility, infertility, motility, nonutility, senility, sterility, tranquility, utility, versatility, virility, volatility. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-i-i-l-l-n-r-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: reliability. | |
-3 letters: inertially, liberality, tenurially. | |
-4 letters: brilliant, inability, initially, liability, lineality, linearity, neutrally, reliantly, tellurian, unitarily, unreality. | |
-5 letters: auntlier, bilinear, binately, blearily, brainily, braunite, brutally, bulletin, inertial, interlay, lability, libelant, linearly, lunately, neurally, nubility, reliably, retinula, ritually, ruinable, tailleur, tenurial, tribally, tribunal, tuneably, turbinal, turnable, unreally, urbanely, urbanite, urbanity. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-i-i-l-l-n-r-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: invulnerability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 72 65 6C 69 61 62 69 6C 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .-. . .-.. .. .- -... .. .-.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110010 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n r e l i a b i l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0072 0065 006C 0069 0061 0062 0069 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55808471787567687578758691 |
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