unreliable witness

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• unreliable — I adjective capricious, changeful, deceitful, faithless, fallible, false, fickle, inconstant, insecure, irresponsible, perfidious, precarious, shifty, tergiversating, treacherous, two faced, undependable, unpredictable, unsound, unstable,… …   Law dictionary

• unreliable */ — UK [ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) unreliable information is not definitely true or accurate Membership figures are unreliable. 2) a) someone who is unreliable will not do what you ask them to do, or will not do it well Don t ask Jan – she s… …   English dictionary

• unreliable — un|re|li|a|ble [ ,ʌnrı laıəbl ] adjective * 1. ) someone who is unreliable will not do what you ask them to do, or will not do it well: Don t ask Jan she s too unreliable. a ) used about things such as equipment or methods that will not work… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• unreliable — un|re|li|a|ble [ˌʌnrıˈlaıəbəl] adj unable to be trusted or depended on ▪ The car s becoming very unreliable. ▪ an unreliable witness …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• unreliable — adjective unable to be trusted or depended on: The car s becoming very unreliable. | unreliable witness (=someone who may not tell the truth in a court) opposite reliable …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• WITNESS — (Heb. עֵד, one that has personal knowledge of an event or a fact. The evidence of at least two witnesses was required for convicting the accused (Num. 35:30; Deut. 17:6; 19:15; cf. I Kings 21:10, 13). Commercial transactions of importance took… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• witness — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 person who sees sth ADJECTIVE ▪ crucial (esp. BrE), key, material, vital (esp. BrE) ▪ As the last person to see her alive, he was a material witness in the case. ▪ independent …   Collocations dictionary

• unreliable — adj. Unreliable is used with these nouns: ↑indicator, ↑source, ↑witness …   Collocations dictionary

• disavow a witness — prove a witness unreliable …   English contemporary dictionary

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