What's the difference between unfailing and ungainly?

Unfailing


Definition:

  • (a.) Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) What's impressive is Cole's unfailing good cheer in the face of so much unpleasantness.
  • (2) The brothers were both good boys, the neighbours recalled, unfailing attendees of the Baptist Sunday school.
  • (3) Was he not doing something to keep you off?” He went on: “He seemed to catch you with some good right hands early in the fight, did you feel his power?” Then, finally, he added: “So you’re saying you thought you were up in the fight and that’s why you didn’t step up the pace in the 11th and 12th rounds.” Pacquiao seemed flummoxed by the direct line of questioning, and even this usually unfailingly polite competitor betrayed his annoyance by the end of the interview.
  • (4) "I would also like to pay tribute to Jo's family and to Greg, who continue to be unfailing in their support to me and my team at what is an incredibly difficult and painful time for them."
  • (5) We meet in a plush Mayfair hotel suite in the early evening, by which time he is sipping a cup of Starbuck's coffee, struggling to keep his eyes open but still unfailingly polite and professional.
  • (6) On the campaign trail, Trump unfailingly tarred Clinton as compromised by, and enmeshed with, Wall Street and its mega banks.
  • (7) You have been unfailingly generous and supportive," she added in She phoned her local paper, the Northamptonshire Telegraph , on Monday morning to break the news, with a formal announcement to follow at 10am.
  • (8) His unfailing courtesy, evident in generous remarks about Jeremy Corbyn in his dramatic Commons speech on Wednesday night, echoes the older Benn style most of the time, though Tony could be vicious about colleagues in ways foreign to his gentler son.
  • (9) Weerasethakul, a charming, unfailingly polite and very neatly dressed 45 year old, says he doesn’t mind in the least that his delicately composed, subtly atmospheric films should be exhibited in such an environment; it is, he says “a celebration, a big party”.
  • (10) A right hemihepatectomy unfailingly results in the devitalization of the left side of the liver.
  • (11) Attention is called to this particular rearrangement for its clinical as well as fundamental implications, as its presence in blood forming cells unfailingly hearalds a fast, fatal course of evolution.
  • (12) That enthusiasm, given and received, continued in the spirit of the 70,000 other "Games makers" , of all backgrounds and from far and wide, who quickly became the human face of these Olympics, welcoming and marshalling with unfailing good humour, proud just to be involved.
  • (13) Control of infection in the surgical intensive care unit demands unfailing attention to three distinct areas: a) The bacteria responsible may be endogenous or exogenous.
  • (14) Two failed valves, one apparently unfailed but defective valve, and one unused valve, were examined by scanning electron microscopy and metallographic section.
  • (15) People came from near and far to pay tribute to the widow of the 40th president, who was respected for her grace, strength and unfailing loyalty to her husband during this two terms in office and his final struggles with Alzheimer’s disease.
  • (16) Clearly, neither of these men is unfailingly consistent or selfless in his actions, and there is much hypocrisy in public life.
  • (17) He had an unfailing eye and ear for talent, and not only Frost but Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall, Herbert Kretzmer and Michael Crawford owed him a great deal.
  • (18) Unfailingly, Labour officials take care to remind reporters that her hobby is kick-boxing.
  • (19) Authority tastes unfailingly bitter here, with its forced labour and trigger-happy policemen.
  • (20) Sarkozy’s strategy of presenting himself as a victim is likely to comfort his unfailing support base inside his own Les Républicains party.

Ungainly


Definition:

  • (a.) Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
  • (a.) Unsuitable; unprofitable.
  • (adv.) In an ungainly manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Apart from its brightly striped beak, the bird is well-known for its ungainly walk and longevity.
  • (2) The problem is it’s an ugly, ungainly shared experience.
  • (3) The ungainly Chinook (in nature, either a kind of wind or a Native American people) is a particular favourite.
  • (4) This ungainly hulk was miraculously granted permission by Southwark council's planning committee, who described it as "dynamic" and "dramatic", no doubt wooed by the architect's claims that the form was "inspired by the literary heritage" of the borough.
  • (5) The ungainly spectacle of a US state desperately seeking a supply of pharmaceutical in order to kill a man provides a snapshot of the dire condition of the death penalty in many of the 32 states that still practice it.
  • (6) It was often ungainly, and Klinsmann would probably prefer decent defensive anticipation to decent recovery, but for the first 45 Turkey went no closer than a low Caner Erkin shot in the 11th minute that hit the side netting after the USA failed to clear their lines properly from a corner.
  • (7) Womens Wear Daily 's correspondent was more specific, and less charitable – she saw "an ugly, ungainly, overgrown boy with thick glasses, and so horribly shy he couldn't take his eyes off the floor".
  • (8) The Volkswagen emissions scandal explained Read more To British eyes, the way Germany companies are structured looks a bit ungainly.
  • (9) It will no doubt be objected that the sequence of the big machine becomes tedious, and that in construction the film is somewhat ungainly.
  • (10) 7.59pm GMT 14 min: Arsenal can be grateful for Alaba’s honesty: he could easily have gone down just now as Sagna made an ungainly challenge on him in the box but instead the Austrian stayed on his feet and hammered a low cross into the six-yard area, where Arsenal scooped it clear.
  • (11) Rawls was not an especially gifted stylist, and A Theory Of Justice is a long and ungainly book.
  • (12) Guy de Maupassant, the short-story writer, called it a "giant ungainly skeleton ... which just peters out into a ridiculous thin shape like a factory chimney".
  • (13) You write: "Unclothed, truth can be vulnerable, ungainly, shocking.
  • (14) Blackadder Your brain would make a grain of sand look large and ungainly and the part of you that can't be mentioned I am reliably informed by women around the court wouldn't be worth mentioning even if it could be.
  • (15) It is suggested that, due to the importance of this syndrome, it may be an appropriate time to reconsider the use of "mucosal disease virus" to replace the ungainly name "BVDV".

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