Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Always able to supply more; inexhaustible.
- adjective Constant; unflagging.
- adjective Incapable of error; infallible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not liable to fail; incapable of being exhausted: as, an unfailing spring; unfailing sources of supply.
- Not missing; always fulfilling a hope, promise, or want; not coming short; sure; certain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
inexhaustible - adjective
changeless - adjective
infallible
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not liable to failure
- adjective always able to supply more
- adjective unceasing
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Examples
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"Dear Stig, at this, maybe our last, meeting – in unfailing grateful memory."
How I Helped Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Smuggle His Nobel Lecture from the USSR 2006
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Martin was there, in a sense, for she could see from her attic the great blue flag as it fluttered in the breeze, and she called her unfailing -- and no longer ailing daughter to come to the window and look at it and wish it God-speed; after which she turned her old eyes again to their wonted resting-place, where the great sea rolled its crested breakers beyond the sands.
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Motioning me to sit down, the resourceful man punched the door, entitled the unfailing static bolt, and swore a candle to augment the one he had brought with him.
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But there is more to be said than to recall the unfailing zest of it, the extraordinary freshness of eye, the indomitable youthfulness and health of spirit -- all the qualities that we associate with Davis himself.
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But there is more to be said than to recall the unfailing zest of it, the extraordinary freshness of eye, the indomitable youthfulness and health of spirit -- all the qualities that we associate with Davis himself.
Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis Davis appreciations: Various 1917
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Sodano's defence of the pope's "unfailing" leadership and courage, as well as of the work of priests worldwide with children entrusted to their care, built on a vigorous Vatican campaign to defend Benedict's moral authority.
CTV News RSS Feed 2010
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World: Pope hailed as 'unfailing' leader at Easter Mass
CTV News RSS Feed 2010
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Sodano's defense of the pope's "unfailing" leadership and courage, as well as of the work of priests worldwide with children entrusted to their care, built on a vigorous Vatican campaign to defend Benedict's moral authority.
Edmonton Sun 2010
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Sodano's defense of the pope's "unfailing" leadership and courage, as well as of the work of priests worldwide with children entrusted to their care, built on a vigorous Vatican campaign to defend Benedict's moral authority.
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Sodano's defense of the pope's "unfailing" leadership and courage, as well as of the work of priests worldwide with children entrusted to their care, built on a vigorous Vatican campaign to defend Benedict's moral authority.
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