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Psychoanalysis has a degree of unreliability about it. You will never know whether you've found the truth. You may find a subjective truth, but you don't know.
Eric Kandel

Meaning of "unreliability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNRELIABILITY

unreliability  [ˌʌnrɪlaɪəˈbɪlətɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNRELIABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unreliability is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNRELIABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unreliability in the English dictionary

The definition of unreliability in the dictionary is the condition of being not reliable or untrustworthy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNRELIABILITY


applicability
əˌplɪkəˈbɪlətɪ
combustibility
kəmˌbʌstəˈbɪlətɪ
comprehensibility
ˌkɒmprɪhɛnsəˈbɪlətɪ
controllability
kənˌtrəʊləˈbɪlətɪ
creditability
ˌkrɛdɪtəˈbɪlətɪ
enforceability
ɪnˈfɔːsəˈbɪlətɪ
extendability
ɪkˌstɛndəˈbɪlətɪ
flammability
ˌflæməˈbɪlətɪ
formability
ˌfɔːməˈbɪlətɪ
inapplicability
ˌɪnəˌplɪkəˈbɪlətɪ
respectability
rɪˌspɛktəˈbɪlətɪ
reusability
ˌriːˌjuːzəˈbɪlətɪ
sociability
ˌsəʊʃəˈbɪlətɪ
suitability
ˌsuːtəˈbɪlətɪ
sustainability
səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlətɪ
tunability
ˌtjuːnəˈbɪlətɪ
unavailability
ˌʌnəˌveɪləˈbɪlətɪ
variability
ˌvɛərɪəˈbɪlətɪ
viability
ˌvaɪəˈbɪlətɪ
vulnerability
ˌvʌlnərəˈbɪlətɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNRELIABILITY

unreinforced
unrejoiced
unrejoicing
unrelated
unrelative
unrelaxed
unrelenting
unrelentingly
unrelentingness
unrelentor
unreliable
unreliableness
unreliably
unrelievable
unrelieved
unrelievedly
unreligious
unreligiously
unrelished
unreluctant

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNRELIABILITY

ability
accessibility
availability
capability
compatibility
disability
durability
eligibility
facility
flexibility
functionality
liability
mobility
nobility
possibility
probability
reliability
responsibility
stability
utility
visibility

Synonyms and antonyms of unreliability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unreliability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNRELIABILITY

Find out the translation of unreliability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unreliability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unreliability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不可靠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falta de fiabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

unreliability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अविश्वसनीयता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

موثوقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ненадежность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unreliability
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবিশ্বস্ততা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

manque de fiabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak boleh dipercayai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unzuverlässigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

信頼性の欠如
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신뢰성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unreliability
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không đáng tin cậy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நம்பகமற்றதாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अविश्वसनीयता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaypaklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inaffidabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zawodność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ненадійність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lipsa de fiabilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναξιοπιστία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbetroubaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

otillförlitlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

upålitelighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unreliability

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNRELIABILITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unreliability

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QUOTES WITH «UNRELIABILITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unreliability.
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Eric Kandel
Psychoanalysis has a degree of unreliability about it. You will never know whether you've found the truth. You may find a subjective truth, but you don't know.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNRELIABILITY»

Discover the use of unreliability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unreliability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Narrative Unreliability in the Twentieth-Century ...
This volume deals with the occurrence and development of unreliable first-person narration in twentieth century Western literature.
Elke D'hoker, Gunther Martens, 2008
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The Unreliability of Translations in Friel's Translations
Introduction The title of the play in question written by Brian Friel, namely Translations identifies one of the common concerns the leading Field Day dramatist shares with other postcolonial writers and which is subject of analysis in this ...
Bianca Müller, 2010
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Grenzüberschreitungen: Narratologie Im Kontext
Whereas, traditionally, the unreliable narrator was treated as the necessary complement of the implied author, Niinning here proposes to anchor the issue of unreliability in the reader's constructivist engagement with the text: narrators are ...
Walter Grünzweig, Andreas Solbach, 1999
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Network Reliability in Practice: Selected Papers from the ...
Household-Level Variables The household income is found to influence perceptions about unreliability. In general, in both locations, persons with lower income are estimated to perceive unreliability as a bigger problem compared to higher ...
David Levinson, Henry X. Liu, Michael Bell, 2011
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Statistics: An Introduction using R
for establishing measures of unreliability (e.g. confidence intervals), and • for testing hypotheses (e.g. Student's /-test). A Measure of Unreliability Consider the properties that you would like a measure of unreliability to possess. As the variance ...
Michael J. Crawley, 2005
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The Constitutional Structure of Proportionality
As far as the object of normative unreliability is concerned, Alexy has labelled the 'unreliability of the balancing decision' as the 'most important case' of normative unreliability.40 This can be taken as an indication of the fact that there are other ...
Matthias Klatt, Moritz Meister, 2012
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Choice Modelling: The State-of-the-Art and the ...
Nevertheless, the study of how unreliability affects travellers' choices is still a relatively new area of transport research, and an even newer area for choicemodelling practitioners. This paper does not report the findings of new research, but it ...
Stephane Hess, Andrew John Daly, 2010
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The R Book
Consider the properties that you would like a measure of unreliability to possess. As the variance of the data increases, what would happen to the unreliability of estimated parameters? Would it go up or down? Unreliability would go up as ...
Michael J. Crawley, 2012
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Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and ...
For this reason, a spurious trip is expressed in terms of unreliability and cost. This is achieved using a multiplying factor that, rather than being fixed, varies according to the system unreliability of the design, as indicated in (Eq. 5.102) below.
Rudolph Frederick Stapelberg, 2009
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Pricing in Road Transport: A Multi-disciplinary Perspective
Dirk van Amelsfort, Piet Bovy, Michiel Bliemer and Barry Ubbels 4.1 INTRODUCTION In recent years considerable attention has been paid to the influence of travel-time unreliability on the choice behaviour of travellers. It is clear that the ...
M. Bliemer, L. Steg, B. Van Wee, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNRELIABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unreliability is used in the context of the following news items.
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Court Upholds Judge's Decision to Bar Expert Testimony on …
... a trial judge did not err when he barred the testimony of an expert witness who was prepared to testify in a robbery trial about the unreliability of eyewitnesses. «Connecticut Law Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Unreliability of train services raised with rail minister by Horsham MP
Horsham MP Jeremy Quin raised the unreliability of train services and ... too widely experienced are unreliability, poor communication when problems occur and ... «West Sussex County Times, Jun 15»
3
Why Shane Victorino's unreliability contributed to return of Rusney …
In discussing the Red Sox' decision to call up outfielder Rusney Castillo, manager John Farrell offered this unsolicited nugget: "His recall is unrelated to Vic's ... «Boston Herald, May 15»
4
FRANK GAFFNEY: Obama's provocative unreliability
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef after meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council leaders at Camp ... «Washington Times, May 15»
5
Boston Red Sox reliever Edward Mujica showing same unreliability
Boston Red Sox reliever Edward Mujica showing same unreliability he showed at start of 2014 season. Edward Mujica. Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Edward ... «MassLive.com, Apr 15»
6
Nuzzo: LIP funding is lesson in unreliability
Recently, the director of the Children and Adults Health Programs in the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services at CMS revealed what those of us in the world of ... «Tallahassee.com, Mar 15»
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Feeling disconnected - the unreliability of current gen gaming
Trophies · Forums. Home · Features; Feeling disconnected - the unreliability of current gen gami... Feeling disconnected - the unreliability of current gen gaming ... «PlayStation Universe, Jan 15»
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Security system at Biden home reportedly plagued by unreliability
The Post also reports that the Biden home's security system has a long track record of unreliability, including several false alarms. At one point, according to the ... «Fox News, Jan 15»
9
Transport unreliability a key cause of 'holiday anxiety', finds study
The unreliability of public transport is a key cause of 'holiday anxiety' for almost 19%, with 10% saying that they have nearly missed a flight due to transport ... «Travel Weekly UK, Jan 15»
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SIR still plagued by 'Toonerville Trolley' unreliability (editorial)
If it were a subway or commuter rail line such as MetroNorth that was so unreliable, there would be hearings and investigations. But it appears a Toonerville ... «SILive.com, Dec 14»

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