a. Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable. -- Un`re*li"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
Alcibiades . . . was too unsteady, and (according to Mr. Coleridge's coinage) “unreliable;” or perhaps, in more correct English, too “unrelyuponable.” De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
[马尾穿豆腐 / 馬尾穿豆腐, mǎ wěi chuān dòu fu, ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨ˙]lit. beancurd strung on horsetail; fig. frail and unreliable; a strategy that is sure to fail[Add to Longdo]
[あやうい, ayaui](adj-i) (1) dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious; (2) in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk; (3) uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful; (4) close (i.e. a close call); narrow; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[ただよう, tadayou](v5u, vi) (1) to drift; to float; (2) to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; (3) to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); (4) to wander; to walk around aimlessly; (5) (arch) to be unsteady; to be unstable; (6) (arch) to falter; to flinch; to wince; (7) (arch) to live in unreliable circumstances; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[うく, uku](v5k, vi) (1) to float; (2) (See 浮かぬ顔) to become merry; to be cheerful; (3) to become loose; to become unsteady; (4) (col) to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place; (5) to be frivolous; to be uncertain; (6) to have no basis; to be unreliable; (P)[Add to Longdo]