Choose the correct antonym for 'Infalliable' from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Flawed
Infallible means never wrong, incapable of making a mistake or failing. Its antonym is flawed.
Example: No doctor is infallible, so a second opinion is often wise.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Unerring | always right or accurate, never missing (a synonym of infallible, not an antonym) | The archer hit the target with unerring aim. |
| (2) Flawed (answer) | having a fault, mistake or weakness (something that cannot go wrong and something that already has faults are opposites) | The study was flawed because it used a very small sample. |
| (3) Impeccable | without any fault, perfect (also close in meaning to infallible) | She speaks impeccable French. |
| (4) Explicable | able to be explained (it concerns whether something can be accounted for, not whether it can be wrong) | His sudden anger was explicable once we heard about his loss. |
| Synonyms of infallible: unerring, impeccable, faultless, flawless Antonyms of infallible: flawed, fallible, imperfect, unreliable Also asked in CUET (UG): infallible – 18-05-2026 Slot 1, 17-06-2023 Slot 2 unerring – 17-06-2023 Slot 2 impeccable – 25-05-2026 Slot 2, 25-05-2026 Slot 1, 21-05-2026 Slot 2, 14-05-2026 Slot 2, 24-05-2025 Slot 2, 17-06-2023 Slot 2 |