unfailing
- adjective
- /ʌnˈfeɪlɪŋ/
- The teacher's unfailing support helped all her students succeed.
Examples
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Over thirteen years, Tom provided unfailing and consistent support to the ESP.
Blog text (5) -
His unfailing energy, attention, seriousness, and application to the job for 31 years are extraordinary.
Academic text (1993) -
Remember me... in the light of Your unfailing love.
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Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you.
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O Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love.
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We have made an unfailing commitment to our public transportation systems.
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The steps are so powerful and healing, and the support is unfailing and immeasurable.
Blog text (32) -
One of Eugene's hallmarks is his unfailing willingness to help others.
Academic text (1998) -
Praise him, all you people of the earth. For he loves us with unfailing love; the Lord's faithfulness endures forever.
Blog text (24) -
I esteem and love Teresa Weider because of her unfailing love for the poor.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
Not likely to change and stays steady over time
Very simple and reliable so people cannot use it wrongly
Loyal and firm in support that does not change
Not able to make mistakes
Not stopping and not getting less strong
Being firm in belief or support that does not change
Very strong belief or feeling that cannot be changed
Very honest and reliable so people cannot doubt it
Very firm and cannot be changed or weakened
Always correct and never wrong
Always having energy and not giving up
Something that lasts forever and never ends
Not changing over time and always the same
Very steady and reliable in what someone does
Always steady and showing no doubt or pause
Continuing without stopping
Staying steady and not changing in value or level
Being steady and not changing in feeling or opinion
Able to keep working with steady energy for a long time
Antonyms
How Reliable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unfailing comes from the part un- meaning 'not' and the verb fail meaning 'to not succeed' or 'to stop working'. So, unfailing literally means 'not failing' — something you can always trust because it does not stop or let you down.