unerring

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈɜrɪŋ/ UK /ʌnˈɜːrɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
consistently accurate and never making a mistake

She found the exit with unerring instinct in the dark.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · consistently accurate and... infallible accurate unfailing exact precise faultless

Opposites

fallible inaccurate erratic faulty

Word family

Forms unerringly

Derived forms unerringly

Related forms err errorerring

Etymology

From un- ('not') + erring, present participle of err, from Old French errer, from Latin errare ('to wander, stray, go astray'), from Proto-Indo-European *ers- ('to be in motion').

un- Old English errare Latin *ers- Proto-Indo-European

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# unerring

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈɜrɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈɜːrɪŋ/

## Meanings
1. consistently accurate and never making a mistake

## Examples
- She found the exit with unerring instinct in the dark.

## Synonyms
- infallible
- accurate
- unfailing
- exact
- precise
- faultless

## Antonyms
- fallible
- inaccurate
- erratic
- faulty

## Derived Forms
- unerringly

## Related Forms
- err
- error
- erring

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: errare
- Root: *ers-

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + erring, present participle of err, from Old French errer, from Latin errare ('to wander, stray, go astray'), from Proto-Indo-European *ers- ('to be in motion').

## AI Etymology
Unerring is from un- ('not') + erring, present participle of err, from Old French errer, from Latin errare ('to wander, stray, go astray'), from Proto-Indo-European *ers- ('to be in motion'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), errare (Latin), and *ers- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers consistently accurate and never making a mistake. The wider family includes derived forms such as unerringly and related words such as err, error, and erring.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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