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UNDEPENDABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of not being dependable or reliable
Synonyms:
undependability; undependableness; unreliability; unreliableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("undependability" 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 "undependability"):
instability (unreliability attributable to being unstable)
irreproducibility (the quality of being unreproducible)
fallibility (the likelihood of making errors)
Antonym:
dependability (the quality of being dependable or reliable)
Derivation:
undependable (not worthy of reliance or trust)
