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inerrable

inerrable

9.9
Not able to make mistakes
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈnɛrəbəl/
translation icon : inerrante
  • Despite his reputation as inerrable, even the greatest chess grandmasters can make mistakes.

Examples

  • His scientific calculations were praised for being almost inerrable.

  • The doctrine holds that holy texts are inerrable in matters of faith and morals.

  • The mathematician's calculations were inerrable.

  • Is the theory truly inerrable?

  • The judge was renowned for his inerrable sense of justice, rarely making mistakes in his rulings.

  • Scientists believe that their methods should be inerrable to ensure accurate results.

  • In mathematics, an inerrable theorem can be relied upon to provide correct outcomes.

Synonyms

infallible
vsinerrable
28 7.2

Not able to make mistakes

is seen as unlikely to make mistakes rather than never failing
inerrant
vsinerrable
4 9.9

Free from any mistake

is possible to be without error rather than absolutely unable to be wrong
faultless
vsinerrable
3 4.9

Free from mistakes or flaws

is about being not liable to make mistakes rather than absolute perfection
unerring
vsinerrable
3 7.4

Always correct and never wrong

is described as able to avoid mistakes rather than always accurate

Antonyms

fallible
13 6.8

Able to make mistakes or be wrong

error-prone
2 5.1

Tends to make many mistakes

How Accurate

infallible
28 7.2
inerrable
9.9
accurate
680 3.0
fallible
13 6.8
error-prone
2 5.1

Surface Forms

inerrable positive

Morphology

inerrable = errable (semi-transparent) = in + err + able

From the base adjective 'errable', the prefix 'in-' straightforwardly adds negation to mean 'not liable to err'.

Etymology

The word inerrable comes from the Latin parts in- meaning 'not' and errare meaning 'to make a mistake', the same root as err and error. So, inerrable means 'not able to make a mistake'.