靠不住 [
kào bu zhù]
unreliable
undependable
untrustworthy
- 我们知道这种人是靠不住的。
- 如果这个计划从理论上讲,能够是正确,那么它就是非常靠不住的。
While the plan could, in theory, be correct, it is very unlikely that it will be. - 还有嘛,数据是靠不住的,这可能预料得到,因为数据是在某一些地方得到,而不是另一些地方。
Here, the data are equivocal. As might be expected, the message is getting through in some places, but not in others.