Antonyms for unerring


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-ur-ing, -er-
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈɜr ɪŋ, -ˈɛr-


Definition of unerring

Origin :
  • 1640s (implied in unerringly), from un- (1) "not" + gerundive of err. Related: Unerringly.
  • adj accurate
Example sentences :
  • On the other hand, youth is often gifted with a credulity divine and unerring.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • We introduce it as historical information, from a most unerring source.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • And then comes in the unerring choice of the best of those suggestions.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • I do not quite like that phrase, 'the rapid and unerring glance of Erskine.'
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • It was all humbug––all this mummery about intuitions and unerring perception and inscrutability.
  • Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
  • But she had always, as by an unerring instinct, found her way back.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Shoemaker » by J. W. Keyworth
  • He felt the man's identity with an instinct as unerring as Sanda's.
  • Extract from : « A Soldier of the Legion » by C. N. Williamson
  • He had read the yearning of her heart with unerring insight.
  • Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon
  • The soundest political acumen, the most unerring tact, was exacted of him.
  • Extract from : « Kosciuszko » by Monica Mary Gardner
  • The blow had been unerring, and had no doubt penetrated to the heart.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Secrets » by William Le Queux

Synonyms for unerring

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