unerring

Definition

consistently accurate; not missing a target.

Etymology

From un- + erring.

Example Sentences

• "1717: Hissing in air the unerring weapon flew. -- John Dryden's 1697–1700 translation of "The Story of Meleager and Atalanta", in Ovid's Metamorphoses (tr. Garth, Dryden, et al.), book VIII, pub. 1717"
• "One learns, as one goes through life, to spot goofiness in the other sex with an unerring eye [...]"
• "As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators."