Do you know what Unerring means?

[shouldbeinbed]

I put it in a revised Job Description for work today and was amazed at the people who simply didn't know what it meant in the context of Unerring accuracy.

I thought it was quite common a word and meaning.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Does it mean leaving your bedding on too long? Perhaps ive lost my direction on this post...

keep it simple All will understand bud

 

[swee'pea99]

Someone who never says 'Er...'

 

[welsh dragon]

Not missing the mark

consistently accurate and or certain.

 

[vickster]

Unerring sense of... unerring faith

I'm not sure I'd use in the context of accuracy

 

[Andy_R]

I put it in a revised Job Description for work today and was amazed at the people who simply didn't know what it meant in the context of Unerring accuracy.

I thought it was quite common a word and meaning.

It is a tautology in this context though.

 

[Cuchilo]

Taking your ear rings off ?

 

[Dayvo]

Spot on, completely accurate.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

@Andy _R Not really IMO, there could be an expectation of e.g. 70% accuracy being enough...

In this case it is putting a positive slant on the consequences of error without going into negatives on the JD and saying in effect if we get it wrong, the consequences are pretty harsh all ways up but leaving that to policy to detail how & having the JD as the statement of intent/expectation.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Does it mean leaving your bedding on too long? Perhaps ive lost my direction on this post...

keep it simple All will understand bud

yeah, I went with absolute as the second choice, I honesty thought unerring was a common word.

 

[ayceejay]

I was in Amsterdam once and they had these stalls selling raw fish and onions, there was the herring stall and the unerring stall and I can say with unerring accuracy that they were both vile.

 

[Andy_R]

@Andy _R Not really IMO, there could be an expectation of e.g. 70% accuracy being enough...

In this case it is putting a positive slant on the consequences of error without going into negatives on the JD and saying in effect if we get it wrong, the consequences are pretty harsh all ways up but leaving that to policy to detail how & having the JD as the statement of intent/expectation.

That's not unerring accuracy then is it? Thats "close'll do"

 

[Ian H]

It is a tautology in this context though.

To prove the point try the phrase, 'erring accuracy' and see where it gets you.

 

[vernon]

@Andy _R Not really IMO, there could be an expectation of e.g. 70% accuracy being enough...

In this case it is putting a positive slant on the consequences of error without going into negatives on the JD and saying in effect if we get it wrong, the consequences are pretty harsh all ways up but leaving that to policy to detail how & having the JD as the statement of intent/expectation.

You could have stipulated that error free working is an essential part of the job.

 

[Trembler49]

I can't think of many jobs that require "unerring accuracy", other than a sniper. Similarly if a job required unerring accuracy (as described above I would assume that to be 100% accuracy), I can't think of any I could do for more than 10 minutes.

More info required.