unerring

American  

[uhn-ur-ing, -er-] / ʌnˈɜr ɪŋ, -ˈɛr- /

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.

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unerring British  

/ ʌnˈɜːrɪŋ /

adjective

1. not missing the mark or target

2. consistently accurate; certain

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Other Word Forms

• unerringly adverb
• unerringness noun

Etymology

Origin of unerring

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

Example Sentences

In no time, Foster transitions right back into French, and aside from a few more intentional character slips throughout the film, Foster’s speech is unerring.

From Salon

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.”

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From BBC

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.

From Salon