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Unfailing   /ənfˈeɪlɪŋ/   Listen
Unfailing

adjective
1.
Not liable to failure.  Synonym: foolproof.  "The unfailing sign of an amateur" , "An unfailing test"
2.
Always able to supply more.  "A subject of unfailing interest"
3.
Unceasing.  Synonym: unflagging.  "Unfailing good spirits" , "Unflagging courtesy"





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"Unfailing" Quotes from Famous Books



... pair of plotters were inseparable, and Madame played continually with unfailing deftness upon the two strings of Rust's poor heart and of his intense curiosity, which she clearly perceived though she did not know it to be professional. When the heart swelled with stimulated emotion, and Rust ...
— The Lost Naval Papers • Bennet Copplestone
... fallacious, inasmuch as they may fail to detect bad material. Portland cement of good quality will not only stand water at 80 deg. C., but will attain in seven days about the same strength as is reached in the cold after 28 days. The hot test therefore saves time. The hot test is an unfailing proof for free lime; cements containing this constituent betraying weakness, and cracking, swelling, and disintegrating in a very significant manner. This last result is regarded as a valuable quality ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 • Various
... conceive a printing machine, or even to make a model of one; but to construct an actual working printing press, that must be sure and unfailing in its operations, is a matter surrounded with difficulties. At every step fresh contrivances have to be introduced; they have to be tried again and again; perhaps they are eventually thrown aside to give place to new arrangements. ...
— Men of Invention and Industry • Samuel Smiles
... was better suited to my complaint. The sun shone as in spring; not a stain appeared on the crystal vault of heaven; everywhere the unfailing grass gave rest to the eye with its verdure; and a light wind blew fresh and bracing in my face, making my pulses beat faster, although feebly still. Remembering my happy wood-cutting days, before my trouble had come to me, I got my ax and started to walk to the ...
— A Crystal Age • W. H. Hudson
... in South Africa to whom I am indebted for many of the facts I have stated and views I have expressed are too numerous to mention: but I cannot deny myself the pleasure of returning thanks for the genial hospitality and unfailing kindness which I received in every part ...
— Impressions of South Africa • James Bryce


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