Antonyms for infallible
ɪnˈfæl ə bəlin·fal·li·ble

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1. infallible

   That is necessary which must exist, occur, or be true; which in the nature of things can not be otherwise. That which is essential belongs to the essence of a thing, so that the thing can not exist in its completeness without it; that which is indispensable may be only an adjunct, but it is one that can not be spared; vigorous health is essential to an arctic explorer; warm clothing is indispensable. That which is requisite (or required) is so in the judgment of the person requiring it, but may not be so absolutely; thus, the requisite is more a matter of personal feeling than the indispensable. Inevitable (Latin in, not, and evito, shun) is primarily the exact equivalent of the Saxon unavoidable; both words are applied to things which some at least would escape or prevent, while that which is necessary may meet with no objection; food is necessary, death is inevitable; a necessary conclusion satisfies a thinker; an inevitable conclusion silences opposition. An infallible proof is one that necessarily leads the mind to a sound conclusion. Needed and needful are more concrete than necessary, and respect an end to be attained; we speak of a necessary inference; necessary food is what one can not live without, while needful food is that without which he can not enjoy comfort, health, and strength.

   Antonyms:
   casual, contingent, needless, non-essential, optional, unnecessary, useless, worthless

   Synonyms:
   essential, indispensable, inevitable, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite, unavoidable, undeniable

   Preposition:
   Necessary to a sequence or a total; for or to a result or a person; unity is necessary to (to constitute) completeness; decision is necessary for command, or for a commander.

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1. infallibleadjective

   incapable of failure or error

   "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible"

   Antonyms:
   unreliable, undependable, errant, error-prone, fallible, erring, weak

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1. infallibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   inerrable, unerring, sure, certain, undeniable

How to use infallible in a sentence?

1. T. S. Eliot:

   We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in but its fitting in is a test of its value -- a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity.

2. Lynda De La Vina:

   We were accusing a priest that -- in those days priests were infallible.

3. Tom Wolf:

   Pennsylvania's system is riddled with flaws, making it error prone, expensive and anything but infallible.

4. Kurt Herbert Alder:

   The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar minds -- success.

5. Foad Izadi:

   In the Assembly of Experts the principalists( hardliners) lost seats. That part is more complicated because the people sitting there are theologians, jurists not necessarily politicians, but they do have a lot of power, in the Shi’ite theology the leader is not infallible.

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