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These tests have evolved to the point where the accuracy rate is close to infallible, and there have even been advancements in the paternity testing before birth arena.

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  1. adjective Incapable of erring: an infallible guide; an infallible source of information.
  2. adjective Incapable of failing; certain: an infallible antidote; an infallible rule.
  3. adjective Roman Catholic Church Incapable of error in expounding doctrine on faith or morals.

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  • Just a reminder to the jingoistic war bloggers who think St. Petraeus is infallible, the people of this great land are sovereign, and they have spoken. —  JustOneMinute
  • Quotations like this from Wilson lead me to conclude he did not believe the Bible infallible, the Trinity or eternal damnation. —  jonrowe.blogspot.com
  • Since no finite rational subject should accept that it is omniscient or infallible, and since to accept Moore-paradoxical sentences really seems irrational, the natural conclusion would be that no rational subject should use the Ramsey test. —  fragments of consciousness
  • If the Bible is infallible, my professors all say, and if the parts about Jesus dying for our sins are true, then a host of other things must also be true, including the sinfulness of homosexuality, the pro-life platform, and the imminence of the rapture. —  Esquire.com Article Feed
  • If the Bible is wrong when it tells us it is infallible, then it contradicts itself. —  Radical Atheist
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  1. Middle English, from Medieval Latin īnfallibilis : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Medieval Latin fallibilis, fallible; see fallible.

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  1. = French infaillible = Spanish infalible = Portuguese infallivel = Italian infallibile, from Middle Latin infallibilis, not fallible, from in- privative + fallibilis, fallible: see fallible.
 

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