undependable

Questions about undependable

What does undependable mean?

undependable means "not worthy of reliance or trust". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in undependable?

undependable has 5 syllables: un-de-pen-da-ble. The stress falls on "pen".

What is another word for undependable?

Close synonyms include unreliable, unreliable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of undependable?

The recorded antonyms are dependable.

Is undependable a common word?

undependable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.