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unfailing

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Etymology

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    From un- + failing.

    Adjective

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    unfailing (comparative more unfailing, superlative most unfailing)

    1. inexhaustible
    2. changeless, constant
      • 1894, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 89, number 534, page 787:
        There is an unfailing charm about his novels, an unwearing freshness.
      • 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 51:
        It is a work of love, made in difficult times at complex locations, with the unfailing support of dozens of brilliant professional people.
    3. infallible

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