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un·err·ing
(ŭn-ûr′ĭng, -ĕr′ĭng)adj.
Committing no mistakes; consistently accurate.
un·err′ing·ly adv.
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unerring
(ʌnˈɜːrɪŋ)adj
1. not missing the mark or target
2. consistently accurate; certain
unˈerringly adv
unˈerringness n
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un•err•ing
(ʌnˈɜr ɪŋ, -ˈɛr-)adj.
1. not erring; not going astray or missing the mark: to chart an unerring course for home.
2. undeviatingly accurate; without error.
3. invariably right or apt; infallible: unerring good taste.
[1615–25]
un•err′ing•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | unerring - not liable to error; "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman" infallible - incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible" |
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unerring
adjective accurate, sure, certain, perfect, exact, impeccable, faultless, infallible, unfailing These designs demonstrate her unerring eye for colour and detail.
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Translations
صائِب، سَديد، لا يُخْطئ
neomylný
sikker
óskeikull
neklystamas
nekļūdīgsprecīzs
şaşmazyanılmaz
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unerring
(anˈəːriŋ) adjective (always) accurate. He threw the spear with unerring aim.
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