unerring

[uhn-ur-ing, -er-]

adjective

1. not erring; erring; not going astray or missing the mark.

   The captain set an unerring course for home.

2. undeviatingly accurate throughout; not containing any error or flaw.

   She gave an unerring recital of the day's events.

3. invariably precise or correct.

   unerring taste.

unerring

/ ʌnˈɜːrɪŋ /

adjective

1. not missing the mark or target

2. consistently accurate; certain

Other Word Forms

• unerringness noun
• unerringly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unerring¹

First recorded in 1615–25; un- ¹ + erring

Example Sentences

The appeal of “Lux” is self-evident: Rosalía sings beautifully and with great feeling, she has an unerring ear for melody and texture, and musical pleasures are abundant.

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In her introduction, Lee’s appointed biographer Casey Cep observes that it “takes enormous patience and unerring instincts to refine a scrap of story into something ... keen and moving.”

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The goal he scored against the Terriers had the trademarks of a player that was full of confidence, exchanging passes with another debutant in Divine Mukasa and drilling in an unerring finish.

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There are crime stories propelled by tragic anti-heroes, and then there’s “Task,” a story that beckons us to understand and sympathize with Robbie as a man floating between grace and the unerring gravity of reality.

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Guralnick’s new book is the story of an immigrant scrapper who became a kingmaker with his unerring instinct for the main chance.

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