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# infallible

adjective (infallible; infallibly adv.; infallibility noun)

«infallible» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Never wrong; never making a mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/#m1)
2. Always working or always succeeding: an infallible method. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/#m2)
3. (church) Catholics believe the Pope is infallible when he solemnly teaches on faith and morals; this is called papal infallibility. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday talk: «nobody is infallible», «Mum's infallible cure for hiccups». In science: no test or person is infallible, so we check results. In church history lessons: the Catholic teaching of papal infallibility.

### Examples

- Nobody is infallible; everyone makes mistakes sometimes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/#x1)
- Grandma has an infallible recipe for pancakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/#x2)
- The detective's memory was almost infallible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/#x3)
- Even computers are not infallible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/#x4)
- Catholics believe the Pope is infallible only in special solemn teachings, not in everything he says. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/#x5)
- There is no infallible way to win at games of chance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/#x6)
- Laughing is an infallible sign of the highest degree of mental development. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/#x7)

### Note

Formal word. Opposite: fallible (able to make mistakes). Trap: papal infallibility does not mean Catholics think the Pope never sins or never makes ordinary mistakes. Spelling: double l.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «infallible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«infallible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/infallible.html) on Mova free.