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UNDEPENDABLENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does undependableness mean?
• UNDEPENDABLENESS (noun)
The noun UNDEPENDABLENESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of not being dependable or reliable
Familiarity information: UNDEPENDABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of not being dependable or reliable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
undependability; undependableness; unreliability; unreliableness
Hypernyms ("undependableness" is a kind of...):
irresponsibility; irresponsibleness (a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "undependableness"):
instability (unreliability attributable to being unstable)
irreproducibility (the quality of being unreproducible)
fallibility (the likelihood of making errors)
Antonym:
dependableness (the quality of being dependable or reliable)
Derivation:
undependable (not worthy of reliance or trust)
undependable (liable to be erroneous or misleading)
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