unerring

[ uhn-ur-ing, -er- ]
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adjective
  1. not 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.

  1. invariably precise or correct: unerring taste.

Origin of unerring

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

Other words from unerring

  • un·err·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·err·ing·ness, noun

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How to use unerring in a sentence

  • At opposition time it will point directly and unerringly at Mars.

    Pharaoh's Broker | Ellsworth Douglass
  • His sharp eyes followed a wide line of broken grasses, noting that it pointed unerringly toward those same heights.

    Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton Browne
  • There is a dial that unerringly marks 'the stately stoppings' of the sun of suns—let us regulate our belief by it.

  • Unerringly she picked out Muriel, though Marjorie had only gone over their names to her once by way of general introduction.

British Dictionary definitions for unerring

unerring

/ (ʌnˈɜːrɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. not missing the mark or target

  2. consistently accurate; certain

Derived forms of unerring

  • unerringly, adverb
  • unerringness, noun

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