unerring
not erring; not going astray or missing the mark: The captain set an unerring course for home.
undeviatingly accurate throughout; not containing any error or flaw: She gave an unerring recital of the day's events.
invariably precise or correct: unerring taste.
Origin of unerring
1Other words from unerring
- un·err·ing·ly, adverb
- un·err·ing·ness, noun
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How to use unerring in a sentence
“His instinct for the money opportunity in things was amazing, his perception of the value of seizing this or that particular invention, plant, market, was unerring,” Tarbell wrote.
Oil companies’ losses in 2020 were staggering. And that was before the government focused on climate change. | Will Englund | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostBut to the best of my memory, I have never actually aimed them at my own head as unerringly as Reines seems to have done.
State Department Aide Tells Reporter to ‘Fuck Off’ | Megan McArdle | September 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHis M.O. harmonizes unerringly with the spirit of these democratic times: Say you love almost every guest.
And that seems to me, from my look at his record, unerringly accurate.
She moves slyly among the bracken, and her exquisite scent serves to guide her unerringly as she works up wind.
The Chequers | James Runciman
At opposition time it will point directly and unerringly at Mars.
Pharaoh's Broker | Ellsworth DouglassHis sharp eyes followed a wide line of broken grasses, noting that it pointed unerringly toward those same heights.
Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton BrowneThere 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.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman | Pauline Lester
British Dictionary definitions for unerring
/ (ʌnˈɜːrɪŋ) /
not missing the mark or target
consistently accurate; certain
Derived forms of unerring
- unerringly, adverb
- unerringness, noun
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