unerring

[ uhn-ur-ing, -er- ]

/ ʌnˈɜr ɪŋ, -ˈɛr- /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for unerring on Thesaurus.com

adjective

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.

QUIZ

QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.

Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

true

false

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of unerring

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

OTHER WORDS FROM unerring

un·err·ing·ly, adverbun·err·ing·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022

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 Post
But 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|DAILY BEAST
His M.O. harmonizes unerringly with the spirit of these democratic times: Say you love almost every guest.
Give the People What They Want|Leslie H. Gelb|October 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And that seems to me, from my look at his record, unerringly accurate.
John Talks Joe|Lloyd Grove|November 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST

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 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.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862|Various
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

unerring

/ (ʌnˈɜːrɪŋ) /

adjective

not missing the mark or target

consistently accurate; certain

Derived forms of unerring

unerringly, adverbunerringness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

unerring

Origin of unerring

OTHER WORDS FROM unerring

Words related to unerring

How to use unerring in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for unerring

Derived forms of unerring