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[ uhn-ur-ing, -er- ] / ʌnˈɜr ɪŋ, -ˈɛr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unerring ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot 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 unerringFirst recorded in 1615–25; un-1 + erring OTHER WORDS FROM unerringun·err·ing·ly, adverbun·err·ing·ness, nounWords nearby unerringunequalled, unequipped, unequitable, unequivocal, unequivocally, unerring, UNESCO, unescorted, unessential, unestablished, unethical Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unerringIt showcases two of his signature qualities as a writer: narrative velocity and an unerring ear for dialogue. The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Plus, our 60-second guide to her life, and Malcolm Jones on her unerring art. Alice Munro, Cinderella Story|Gish Jen|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST But she has an unerring talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary. Three Cheers for Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize in Literature|Malcolm Jones|October 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST After a decade in power, he has never been more popular, thanks in large part to an unerring instinct for populism. In Turkey, Abortion Law Sparks New Battle Over Mosque Versus State|Owen Matthews|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Frankly, however, what Moguls & Movie Stars needed was the unerring eye of a Thalberg or a Mayer for storytelling. A Visit to Hollywood's Glory Days|Michael Korda|October 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST With unerring hand the hero, son of Peeas, 1208 ought at once to have cutout the part in which he was wounded. Remedia A Moris or, The Remedy Of Love|Ovid Here he produces an indelible impression by a series of light touches applied with unerring skill. Books and Characters|Lytton Strachey On the testimony of that unerring time-piece Ranuccio was already executed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852.|Various How noble are the simple-minded—how sweet the people of the Countryside—how inevitable and unerring is the voice of the people! Child and Country|Will Levington Comfort Led by his unerring sense of direction he soon entered the tree where he had left her. Warrior of the Dawn|Howard Carleton Browne
British Dictionary definitions for unerring
adjectivenot missing the mark or target consistently accurate; certain Derived forms of unerringunerringly, adverbunerringness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unerringcertain, exact, faultless, impeccable, infallible, invariable, just, perfect, reliable, sure, trustworthy, unfailing, errorless, true, inerrable, inerrant |