SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
infallible
adjective
Incapable of error or failure.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Incapable of error
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Usage distinction
Return to topInfallible is absolute. Reliable and accurate ordinarily allow a possibility of error and are weaker claims.
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No editor should assume that memory is infallible.
The spellchecker was not infallible: it accepted a correctly spelled but misplaced word that changed a caption's meaning.
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