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faultless

faultless

3 4.9
Free from mistakes or flaws
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɔltləs/
translation icon : impecable
  • The architect designed a faultless building that impressed everyone who saw it.

Its soldiers, as you can see here, are often denigrated as blind, faultless and obedient robots.

Examples

  • Another faultless performance by Ana Grey.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • As usual, your diagnosis is faultless.

  • I have a faultless sense of direction.

  • Do you really think that your system is completely faultless?

  • We should remember that our own ways are not faultless.

    Blog text (11)
  • My guidance has not always been faultless, and I'm sorry for it.

  • That report is faultless.

  • They were all fast and faultless, no mean feat on a twisting track without street lights.

  • With the added vision and validity of hindsight, his grasp on political reality was faultless.

    Blog text (8)
  • Her performance in the competition was faultless, earning her the top prize.

Synonyms

flawless
vsfaultless
76 3.7

Perfect without any mistakes or faults

is broader, stressing freedom from mistakes as well as defects
impeccable
vsfaultless
59 6.3

Perfect and without any faults in quality or manners

is more general and not only about high standards
immaculate
vsfaultless
36 5.9

Completely clean and neat with no marks or stains

covers absence of mistakes and flaws beyond cleanliness
infallible
vsfaultless
28 7.2

Not able to make mistakes

describes a state free from mistakes or imperfections, not ability
unblemished
vsfaultless
7 5.1

Free from any marks, damage, or bad actions

applies to any error or defect, not only visible marks
irreproachable
vsfaultless
  • Formal
1 8.1

Completely free from blame so no one can criticize them

focuses on lack of technical or physical faults rather than blame
errorless
vsfaultless
1 5.4

Completely without mistakes

also covers other types of flaws beyond simple errors
nondefective
vsfaultless
4.3

An item that works correctly and has no faults

is broader, applying to appearance, moral, or nontechnical faults

Antonyms

73 3.5

Having faults or missing parts that make it less good

61 3.5

Not working correctly because a part is broken or wrong

How Perfect

perfect
1.0
faultless
3 4.9
accurate
680 3.0
correct
1.0

Surface Forms

faultless positive
faultier comparative
faultiest superlative

Morphology

faultless = fault (transparent) = fault + less

The adjective is a direct negative formation from the noun 'fault' with the productive suffix '-less', meaning 'without faults'.

Etymology

The word faultless is made from fault, which means 'mistake' or 'flaw', and the ending -less, which means 'without', so faultless is 'without mistakes' or 'perfect'.