How to Use undependable in a Sentence

undependable

adjective
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  • But in many places, that funding has been too little, too late or too undependable.
    — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 12 June 2019
  • 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
  • The biggest issue is an undependable defense, though Sean Lee is an All-Pro linebacker.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ultimate irony comes in where Pace’s decision leaves the Bears at wide receiver, needing to depend on a player whose injuries have labeled him undependable: Kevin White.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The wild card: Andrew Wiggins, fabulously talented but a bit flighty and undependable at times.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Their father is brilliant and dashing but undependable.
    — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Those studies show that symptoms are an undependable marker of infectivity.
    — Richard Klasco, M.d., New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Conspiracy theories, poor communication and undependable shipments slowed efforts after the first vials of vaccine arrived Dec. 14.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Conspiracy theories, poor communication and undependable shipments slowed efforts after the first vials of precious vaccine arrived Dec. 14.
    — Carla K. Johnson and Nicky Forster, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Mar. 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
  • In addition to exacting a price from Moscow for its violation of international norms, the sanctions process potentially provides other benefits such as reducing U.S. reliance on undependable offshore sources of technology.
    — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022

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