How to Use undependable in a Sentence

undependable

adjective
  • The other is going to be a roulette wheel of flawed and undependable teams.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But in many places, that funding has been too little, too late or too undependable.
    — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 12 June 2019
  • In some cities, buses are seen as slow, inconvenient, undependable and just not a very good experience, at least compared with light rail and trolleys.
    — Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022
  • The biggest issue is an undependable defense, though Sean Lee is an All-Pro linebacker.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2017
  • The device was a nuisance to use, embarrassing to have parked in front of my seat in a movie theater, and infuriatingly undependable.
    — Nyle Dimarco, Teen Vogue, 23 Feb. 2018
  • With at-home tests hard to come by hard to come by, Volk said throat swabbing is too much of a gamble and Americans shouldn’t waste tests by risking undependable results.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Those studies show that symptoms are an undependable marker of infectivity.
    — Richard Klasco, M.d., New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Kentucky’s defense is so undependable that Stoops declined a third-down holding penalty with a 10-point lead and Ole Miss in field goal range.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2017
  • Gillock took notes on some resident questions such as an undependable green turning arrow on Chestnut, the perennial chuckhole repairs and debris blowing off garbage trucks.
    — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Many observers predicted that overreliance on undependable solar and wind energy would result in disaster.
    — Andrew Follett, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
  • In the view of European officials, the United States has gone from being the indispensable ally to the undependable one.
    — Katrin Bennhold, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2020
  • Its statistics are unreliable, its central bank is undependable, and its judicial system’s decisions are inscrutable.
    — Henri J. Barkey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2023
  • And then there’s Kimberly’s home life, which features an emotionally and physically fragile mom preparing to give birth and an undependable alcoholic father.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Multiple correctional officers interviewed for the story said fans in officer stations were undependable.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2023
  • Many Carefree residents who live west of Black Mountain are not serviced by the town’s water company and have complained for years about rising costs from private companies and an undependable water supply.
    — azcentral, 1 June 2018
  • My Anchorage is self-sufficient, no longer reliant on the undependable state and federal government, leading Alaska now facing a leadership vacuum.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Junk bonds are high-yielding bonds with a credit rating of BB or lower, issued by companies with cash flows so undependable that an economic hiccup could prevent them from meeting interest and/or principal payments.
    — John Coumarianos, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2017
  • How long will Frank rely on the undependable Leonard and nearly equally unreliable George as franchise cornerstones when the Clippers are getting disposed of early in the playoffs every year.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • As Texans finish up a week of struggling with undependable power supplies, frigid temperatures and uncertainty about clean water as frozen pipes burst, Jones isn't the only one who sees truck ownership as essential during uncertain times.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021
  • But given the current geopolitical and pandemic realities, these global value chains may no longer be worth the risk of relying on specific choke points, particularly if those points are in politically unstable or undependable countries.
    — Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2022
  • As The Times reported in January, the state government is contending with an undependable charging system that, according to studies from academic researchers and market analysts, can be counted on to malfunction at least 20% of the time.
    — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Yasmin, who was ousted from Pierpoint after a tabloid scandal involving her publishing-magnate father threatened to sully the bank by association, has turned to another undependable man for salvation, proposing to an aristocratic failson called Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington).
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That includes Nessel, whose lawsuit against PBMs, filed April 28, argues that having a local pharmacy option is important for elderly patients, those with undependable mail service, those with complicated prescription regimens and patients in immediate need of medication.
    — Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 8 Mar. 2024

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