unreliable Synonym

wavering, uncertain, indecisive, doubtful, tentative, faltering, vacillating, unsure, reluctant, apprehensive, dithering, halting, irresolute, stalling, pausing, delaying, ambivalent, questioning, second-guessing, teetering, oscillating, fluctuating, shilly-shallying, hemming and hawing [x]

hesitating, wavering, stumbling, stammering, uncertain, unsure, indecisive, unsteady, shaky, halting, vacillating, fluctuating, faltering, dithering, teetering, quavering, trembling, insecure, tentative, irresolute, stuttering, pausing, hesitance, doubt, misgiving, apprehension, reluctance, qualm, scruple, second-guessing, vacillation, oscillation, fluctuation, instability, fickleness, shilly-shallying, indecision, ambivalence, doubtfulness, uncertainty, hesitation, misgivings, trepidation, unease, nervousness, diffidence, timidity [x]

anxious, jittery, tense, uneasy, apprehensive, edgy, agitated, restless, fidgety, worried, skittish, jumpy, on edge, high-strung, uptight, flustered, panicky, stressed, frazzled, unsettled, perturbed, alarmed, fearful, timid, shaky, queasy, troubled, distressed, disconcerted, fretful, neurotic, overwrought, spooked, hyper, keyed up, twitchy, nervous wreck, on pins and needles, in a tizzy, in a dither, in a flap, in a state, all of a dither, all of a flutter, all of a lather, all of a stew, all of a sweat, all of a tizz, all of a twitter [x]

believing-in, confiding-in, relying-on, depending-on,-on, trusting-in, having-faith-in, being-confident-in, placing-confidence-in, putting-faith-in [x]

swinging, rocking, oscillating, waving, undulating, lurching, swaying, wobbling, teetering, tottering, rolling, pitching, heaving, fluctuating, veering, swerving, bending, tilting, listing, staggering, weaving [x]

entrusts, reveals, discloses, divulges, shares, imparts, confesses, communicates, admits, opens up, unburdens, tells, informs, reports, declares, exposes, unveils, makes known, lets on, spills the beans, comes clean, lays bare, bares, gives away, breaks the news, whispers, breathes, murmurs, voices, articulates, expresses, states, mentions, relates, recounts, narrates, describes, details, specifies, itemizes, lists, catalogs, registers, records, documents, notes, jots down, writes down, inscribes, logs [x]

uncertainty, indecision, doubt, reluctance, wavering, vacillation, irresolution, tentativeness, delay, pause, faltering, dithering, shilly-shallying, ambivalence, misgiving, qualm, second thoughts, scruple, timidity, apprehension, reservation, demurral, procrastination, fluctuation, hesitance, indecisiveness, doubtfulness [x]

guarantees, ensures, secures, certifies, affirms, confirms, pledges, promises, warrants, vouches, attests, avows, asserts, declares, maintains, upholds, supports, backs, endorses, verifies, substantiates, corroborates, validates, ratifies, authenticates, testifies, swears, avers, asseverates, insures, safeguards, protects, defends, shields, preserves, conserves, sustains, perpetuates, keeps, bolsters, reinforces, fortifies, strengthens, underpins, buttresses, props [x]

soiling, staining, smudging, tarnishing, defiling, polluting, contaminating, besmirching, sullying, begriming, befouling, muddying, fouling, tainting, corrupting, spoiling, marring, blemishing, blighting, smearing, messing, bespattering, begrubbing, begrunging, besmearing, bespotting, besmuttling [x]

tremblingly, shakily, quiveringly, unsteadily, nervously, fearfully, timidly, apprehensively, falteringly, hesitantly, waveringly, jitterily, anxiously, skittishly, agitatedly, fretfully, restlessly, tensely, uneasily, worriedly, diffidently, jumpily [x]

doubt, question, be unsure about, be doubtful about, be hesitant about, be indecisive about, be ambivalent about, be in two minds about, be undecided about, be unclear about, be skeptical about, be wary of, have reservations about, have doubts about, be apprehensive about, be uneasy about, be unsure of, be uncertain of, be conflicted about, be torn about, be in doubt about, be irresolute about, be hesitant to, be reluctant to, be unsure whether, be unsure if, be unsure how, be unsure when, be unsure why, be unsure where, be unsure what, be unsure who, be unsure which, be unsure whether to, be unsure if to, be unsure how to, be unsure when to, be unsure why to, be unsure where to, be unsure what to, be unsure who to, be unsure which to, be unsure whether or not, be unsure if or not, be unsure how or not, be unsure when or not, be unsure why or not [x]

shaking, trembling, quivering, vibrating, swaying, teetering, tottering, wavering, jiggling, jostling, shuddering, flickering, fluttering, oscillating, rocking, jerking, wiggling, shimmying, shivering, twitching, juddering, staggering, faltering, unsteady, unstable, fluctuating, dithering, seesawing, lurching, reeling, swerving, careening, veering, shifting, moving, bobbing, bouncing, tilting, pitching, rolling, heaving, undulating, rippling, quaking, convulsing, spasming, jouncing [x]

unsicher, unklar, zweifelhaft, verschwommen, vage, undeutlich, nebulös, schwammig, unbestimmt, diffus, ungenau [x]

be puzzled about, be uncertain about, be unclear about, be unsure about, be perplexed about, be mystified about, be baffled about, be bewildered about, be at a loss about, be disoriented about, be disconcerted about, be flummoxed about, be nonplussed about, be stumped about, be thrown off about, be confounded about, be discombobulated about, be befuddled about, be muddled about, be mixed up about, be unclear on, be unsure of, be uncertain of, be puzzled over, be perplexed over, be mystified over, be baffled over, be bewildered over, be at a loss over, be disoriented over, be disconcerted over, be flummoxed over, be nonplussed over, be stumped over, be thrown off over, be confounded over, be discombobulated over, be befuddled over, be muddled over, be mixed up over, be confused over, be puzzled by, be uncertain by, be unclear by, be unsure by, be perplexed by, be mystified by, be baffled by [x]

question, be uncertain about, be unsure of, be skeptical of, be doubtful, mistrust, distrust, suspect, be wary of, be suspicious of, disbelieve, lack confidence in, be apprehensive about, be hesitant about, be indecisive about, be unconvinced of, be dubious of, be in two minds about, be ambivalent about, be conflicted about, be torn about, be unsure about, be in doubt about, be uncertain of, be skeptical about, be doubtful about, be wary about, be suspicious about, lack confidence about, be unconvinced about, be dubious about [x]