An undependable generalization. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Other instances stressed the undependable fishing. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
Half man, half an undependable, phone-it-in crybaby. From Wordnik.com. [what is was, was blogging] Reference
You know, sometimes he was a little bit undependable. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2002] Reference
Nessus was saying, "Her luck is clearly undependable.". From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
Kenny's energy was subject to undependable ebb and now. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
He was lazy, undependable, slapdash, shifty and a bore. From Wordnik.com. [A Taste for Burning]
He felt weak, and his legs were rubbery and undependable. From Wordnik.com. [Kiss the Girls]
They are a weak, undependable substitute for people power. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Clinton: Are Caucuses More Important Than Primaries?] Reference
The city's electrical grid has been undependable for years. From Wordnik.com. [A City On The Brink] Reference
Brandy, alas, always made him quarrelsome and undependable of mood. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
My mom was right; he's undependable and unbelievably self-centered. From Wordnik.com. [No worries; I'll be over this one pretty quickly.] Reference
Psi powers are notoriously undependable, but Julie was an exception. From Wordnik.com. [Minnesota Menage] Reference
In those days the roads were not very good and the cars undependable. From Wordnik.com. [The Biography of a Rabbit] Reference
Power is also undependable, so manufacturers need their own generators. From Wordnik.com. [Haiti Stakes Recovery on Clothiers] Reference
Many older Americans are uninsured or have undependable health insurance. From Wordnik.com. [Fact Sheet On Urgent Need For Medicare Reform] Reference
They were so unavailable, so undependable, coming and going as they pleased. From Wordnik.com. [In a Strange City]
A sonic stunner was a surer bet than a hypothetical, undependable psi power. From Wordnik.com. [A Gift From Earth]
It is reportedly too heavy and undependable to be used in combat operations. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Some have looked for the support of undependable moderates on the other side. From Wordnik.com. [ATTENTION SENATORS: The Road to the Presidency is Through LEADING An Alito Filibuster] Reference
But only Garner could decide whether an undependable "hunch" was important to him. From Wordnik.com. [World of Ptavvs]
But it's undependable and it puts unacceptable stress on other parts of the system. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
I should have known that those-who-sniff had become too undependable to be trusted. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
We are humans and therefore undependable, so almost no one can be aware all the time. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Simmons: Beating Off the Squares] Reference
All these fish are capricious feeders, carp and barbel being particularly undependable. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
(Remember that one of the characteristics of deserts is low and undependable rainfall.). From Wordnik.com. [Adaptations of desert plants] Reference
Their memories of the protection and privileges granted them were short and undependable. From Wordnik.com. [The Weakling] Reference
Despite the small army of doctors she'd seen, her sense of balance remained undependable. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
This makes rainfed agriculture, which is easily affected by droughts, highly undependable. From Wordnik.com. [Water profile of Zambia] Reference
It was this lack of recognizable structure that drove Erisha to regard him as undependable. From Wordnik.com. [Armageddon's Children]
They were the opposite of each other; he was bold and determined; she wary and undependable. From Wordnik.com. [A Haunted House, and other short stories] Reference
By age, Obama clearly wins the younger voters, but they do not vote well and are undependable. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Projected To Win South Carolina] Reference
And the next time they were sent up to the forward posts they were likely to prove undependable. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
There are 6 million people nationwide age 55 to 65 who have no or undependable health insurance. From Wordnik.com. [Fact Sheet On Urgent Need For Medicare Reform] Reference
Words like these only weaken you and make you sound noncommittal, undependable and untrustworthy. From Wordnik.com. [Worst Words To Say At Work] Reference
Best to find out now how undependable she is, instead of later, when there are children underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [The Moor]
Rice must now help a new president choose between sometimes unattractive options in a murky, undependable world. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Bush Fills Cabinet, Travels to Washington - December 17, 2000] Reference
Walnut seedlings like human beings tend to show marked inherited trends, erratic and undependable though they may be. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The people who ambush our troops are small in number and don't do so because they have undependable electrical supplies. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2003] Reference
So his dislike boiled over, to settle into a sullen determination to rid himself of one irritation -- this undependable horse. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
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