Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Incapable of making a mistake; always accurate or correct: Describes something or someone that never fails to be right, precise, or on target.
   • Not liable to error; infallible: Indicates a quality of being free from error, especially in judgment, aim, or instinct.

Usage

The adjective "unerring" is used to describe a person's skill, judgment, or instinct, or the accuracy of an object or path. It emphasizes consistent and absolute correctness. - It typically precedes a noun (e.g., unerring aim, unerring judgment). - It can follow a linking verb like be, seem, or prove (e.g., His instinct was unerring).

Examples

• Describing a person's skill:
  • She has an unerring eye for detail.
  • The guide led us with unerring accuracy through the dense forest.
• Describing judgment or instinct:
  • His unerring sense of direction got us home safely.
  • The critic had an unerring ability to spot future talent.

Advanced Usage

• "unerring in": This phrase is used to specify the area in which someone or something is infallible.
  • He is unerring in his assessment of character.
  • The system is unerring in its identification of errors.

Variants and Related Words

• unerringly (adverb): In a manner that is incapable of error; with perfect accuracy.
  • She unerringly predicted the outcome of the election.

Synonyms

• Infallible: Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
• Faultless: Free from defect or error.
• Impeccable: In accordance with the highest standards; faultless.
• Precise: Marked by exactness and accuracy.

Antonyms

• Fallible: Capable of making mistakes or being erroneous.
• Erroneous: Wrong; incorrect.
• Faulty: Containing a defect or imperfection.

Notes on Meaning

While "unerring" and "inerrant" are close synonyms, "unerring" is more commonly used in general contexts to describe skills, instincts, or paths (e.g., unerring aim). "Inerrant" is often used in more formal or theological contexts to describe texts or doctrines that are considered incapable of error (e.g., the inerrant word of scripture).

Adjective

1. not liable to error
   • the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent-G.G.Coulton
   • lack an inerrant literary sense
   • an unerring marksman