Meanings
comparative more unfailing · superlative most unfailing
- changeless, constant
There is an unfailing charm about his novels, an unwearing freshness.
1894, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 89, number 534, page 7871 more example
It is a work of love, made in difficult times at complex locations, with the unfailing support of dozens of brilliant professional people.
2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 51
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot liable to failure
adjectivealways able to supply more
adjectivetireless
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishfailing
- Englishunfailing
Cite this entry
unfailing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfailing
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