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inerrant

American  
[in-er-uhnt, -ur-] / ɪnˈɛr ənt, -ˈɜr- /

adjective

  1. free from error; infallible.


Other Word Forms

  • inerrancy noun
  • inerrantly adverb

Etymology

Origin of inerrant

1645–55; < Latin inerrant-, equivalent to in- in- 3 + errant-, stem of errāns present participle of errāre to wander, err; -ant

Example Sentences

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“Can’t Stop” starts with an uncharacteristically spare riff by Frusciante’s standards, and coupled with Chad Smith’s inerrant rhythm, we have the song’s spine.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Besides, even an inerrant Bible offers more than one way to interpret women’s roles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2023

Bible is both divinely inspired and inerrant, historians must scrutinize the text and the rich history it records.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Robinson was a devoutly Protestant academic who believed in the Bible’s inerrant truth.

From Scientific American • Apr. 11, 2022

It simply presents to us in the Scriptures an inerrant and infallible judge concerning all religious truth….

From American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by Bente, F. (Friedrich)