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inerrant

inerrant

4 9.9
Free from any mistake
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈnɛrənt/
translation icon : inerrante
  • His inerrant memory allows him to recall intricate details from years ago without any errors.
  • the inerrant Bible

How could they contradict each other when every single syllable in the Quran is the final inerrant word of Allah that could never be changed?

Examples

  • Perhaps the most important element of Evangelical theology is its particular conception of the Bible as perfect, inerrant, and infallible with regard to all spiritual, ethical, and religious matters.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Yes, I believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God.

    Blog text (3)

  • The Bible was certainly held to be the word of God, inspired and inerrant in the original autographs.

    Blog text (2)

  • Jerry Falwell, a prominent biblical literalist, argues that "the Bible is the inerrant word of the living God."

    Academic text (2001)

  • Many scholars argue that mathematical principles are inerrant and always lead to accurate results.

  • She has an inerrant sense of direction, always knowing exactly where to go without a map.

Synonyms

infallible
vsinerrant
28 7.2

Not able to make mistakes

is described as inherently unable to be wrong rather than focusing on actions
unerring
vsinerrant
3 7.4

Always correct and never wrong

is stated more as an absolute lack of error rather than continuous accuracy
inerrable
vsinerrant
9.9

Not able to make mistakes

is absolute inability to be wrong rather than mere possibility

How Accurate

inerrant
4 9.9
precise
286 3.6
accurate
680 3.0
approximate
29 3.9
inaccurate
113 4.3

Surface Forms

inerrant positive

Morphology

inerrant = errant (semi-transparent) = in + errant

The negative prefix 'in-' straightforwardly negates the adjective 'errant', but 'errant' itself is relatively uncommon and learners may better recognize related forms like 'err' or 'error'.

Etymology

Inerrant comes from the part in- ('not') and err ('to make a mistake'), the same idea you see in the common word error. So, something inerrant is 'not wrong' or 'free from error'.