unerring

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA ʌnεrɪŋ
  • \Un*err"ing\

[edit] Adjective

unerring (not comparable)

Positive
unerring

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Not missing the target.
  2. consistently accurate.
    • Hissing in air the unerring weapon flew. --Dryden.
    • 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, p. 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.