Meaning

5 senses
  1. (figuratively, often)Consistently accurate; not missing a target.

    unfehlbar, untrüglich

    безоши́бочныйbezošíbočnyj

  2. 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, pages 630–1

  3. 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, pages 630–1: As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators.

    As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators.

  4. 2023 March 23, Phil McNulty, “Italy 1-2 England”, in BBC Sport

  5. 2023 March 23, Phil McNulty, “Italy 1-2 England”, in BBC Sport: Debutant Mateo Retegui was the beneficiary of poor work from Harry Maguire, whose failed attempt to close down the danger on the edge of the box allowed the Italians to shift the ball to the 23-year-old to drill an unerring finish past Jordan Pickford after 56 minutes.

    Debutant Mateo Retegui was the beneficiary of poor work from Harry Maguire, whose failed attempt to close down the danger on the edge of the box allowed the Italians to shift the ball to the 23-year-old to drill an unerring finish past Jordan Pickford after 56 minutes.

More definitions
  • not liable to error

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He has an unerring eye.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
consistently accurate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
consistently accurate:

Origin

From un- + erring.

From un- + erring.

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Forms

more unerring, most unerring
Comparativemore unerring Lesson
Superlativemost unerring Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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