Meaning

3 senses
  1. Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.

    He knows about many things, but even he is not infallible.

    unfehlbar

    непогреши́мыйnepogrešímyj, безоши́бочныйbezošíbočnyj

    непогрі́шнийnepohríšnyj, непогріши́мийnepohrišýmyj, безпомилко́вийbezpomylkóvyj

    incapable of failure or error

  2. Certain to produce the intended effect; sure.

    Try this infallible cure for hiccups.

  3. Certain to result from a specific cause; inevitable.

Examples

30 sentences
  1. I'm not infallible.

    Я не непогрішний.

    deIch bin nicht unfehlbar.

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  2. Tom thinks his parents are infallible.

    deTom hält seine Eltern für unfehlbar.

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  3. Tom thought his parents were infallible.

    ruТом считал своих родителей непогрешимыми.

    deTom hielt seine Eltern für unfehlbar.

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  4. Tom thinks he's infallible.

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  5. Tom thinks that he's infallible.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy:
Русский
By meaning 1
without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy:

Origin

From Medieval Latin īnfallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible.

From Medieval Latin īnfallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible. By surface analysis, in- + fallible.

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Forms

more infallible, most infallible
Comparativemore infallible Lesson
Superlativemost infallible Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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