adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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notoriously
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However, averages are notoriously unreliable .
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Although the Newtonian equations governing the elements are well known, long-term weather prediction is notoriously unreliable !
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In April the notoriously unreliable official figure for the state's unemployment rate dropped for the second month running - to 8.6%.
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Nuclear power stations are notoriously unreliable and construction costs go way over original estimates.
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Government growth projections for National Income have been notoriously unreliable , often excessively optimistic.
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Statistics can be notoriously unreliable , particularly in a sport as emotionally excitable as football.
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Odometer readings are of course notoriously unreliable as a guide to the distance travelled by the car.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Local telephone service is unreliable .
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Telephone service in most of the country is unreliable .
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We could ask our neighbours to feed the cat, but they're a little unreliable .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, averages are notoriously unreliable .
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Increasing mobility and various social changes have made the traditional family an unreliable source of old-age support.
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Nor is the fact that a document is biased a reason for dismissing the document as worthless or unreliable .
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Often the results are wrong, inadequate, untrustworthy, unreliable , and self-serving.
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Service delivery is unreliable , and top jobs in key departments have gone unfilled for months.
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She did not dare to stop or rest because immediately she was surrounded by offers of unreliable help.
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She divorced me because of my unreliable behaviour and adultery, but wherever I go she is in my thoughts.
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The concept of the unreliable narrator becomes a critique of the author himself.