Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Always able to supply more; inexhaustible: an unfailing source of good stories.
- adj. Constant; unflagging: unfailing loyalty.
- adj. Incapable of error; infallible.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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.
Wiktionary
- adj. inexhaustible
- adj. changeless
- adj. infallible
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not liable to failure
- adj. always able to supply more
- adj. unceasing.
Examples
“Dear Stig, at this, maybe our last, meeting – in unfailing grateful memory.”
How I Helped Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Smuggle His Nobel Lecture from the USSR
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“World: Pope hailed as 'unfailing' leader at Easter Mass”
“Pope, hit by scandal, called 'unfailing' leader of church at Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square”
“Pope Benedict XVI, buffeted by sex abuse scandals, is being hailed as the "unfailing" leader of the church at the start of Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square.”
“VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI, buffeted by sex abuse scandals, is being hailed as the "unfailing" leader of the church at the start of Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square.”
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