Unerring
adj.capable, thoughtfulformal
What it means
Consistently accurate or showing remarkably sound judgment.
Reach for it when praising a repeated record of precision while recognizing the word's near-absolute force
The editor's unerring eye caught the misleading caption.
Choose between these
6- playful
dead-on
when informal exactness suits
not when Dead-on is casual and describes one result, not a pattern.
- everyday
when confident judgment is meant
not when Sure can describe confidence rather than correctness.
- professional
when correspondence to fact can be measured
not when Accurate allows occasional mistakes and is usually safer.
- professional
when consistent performance matters
not when Reliable does not mean error-free.
- formal
when impossibility of error is literally claimed
not when Infallible is almost never justified for a person or system.
- literary
when no defect can be found
not when Faultless is absolute and concerns quality beyond judgment.
Said against
3- erring
- fallible
- mistaken
It naturally appears in
3- unerring judgment
Her supposedly unerring judgment still remained open to review.
- unerring eye
An unerring eye for proportion made the repair almost invisible.
- seem unerring
The forecast may seem unerring until excluded failures are restored.