Standard Lemma guide

inerrable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ɪnˈɜːɹəbəl/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Incapable of error; infallible, unerring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

not liable to error-G.G.Coulton

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent
  • lack an inerrant literary sense
  • an unerring marksman

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inerrant, unerring

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin inerrabilis. Compare Portuguese inerrável. See in- (“not”) + err + -able.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: непогрешим (nepogrešim) — Incapable of error