impeccable

[ im-pek-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. faultless; flawless; irreproachable:

   impeccable manners.

   Synonyms: unexceptionable, unassailable

2. not liable to sin; incapable of sin.

impeccable

/ ɪmˈpɛkəbəl /

adjective

1. without flaw or error; faultless

   an impeccable record

2. rare.
   incapable of sinning

Derived Forms

• imˌpeccaˈbility, noun
• imˈpeccably, adverb

Other Words From

• im·pec·ca·bil·i·ty [im-pek-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
• im·pec·ca·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of impeccable¹

First recorded in 1525–35, impeccable is from the Latin word impeccābilis “faultless, sinless”; im- ², peccable

Word History and Origins

Origin of impeccable¹

C16: from Late Latin impeccābilis sinless, from Latin im- (not) + peccāre to sin

Example Sentences

I could perceive a certain feeling of joy in the judge, because his work was impeccable.

From Washington Blade

The scenery is impeccable as you drive through the high desert of the Coconino National Forest, with views of red-rock canyons and towering buttes.

From Outside Online

They offer instead an intriguing premise, an impeccable paragraph, or just a sketch of all that the book contains, inviting readers to take part in a fresh experience of their own.

From Washington Post

There’s an impeccable sense of balance in Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “Malibu Rising,” a natural order in which every action meets its equal and opposite reaction.

From Washington Post

They are not impeccable specimens — their trunks are prone to splitting and lower branches fall away — but despite these flaws they keep growing and growing.

From Digiday

Partly because Ben was as naturally and effortlessly impeccable as Astaire or Cary Grant, or any other mythic style-setter.

From The Daily Beast

It is quite glamorous at first though—with you in that impeccable white suit.

From The Daily Beast

Le Monde once called his résumé "so impeccable that it's almost discouraging."

From The Daily Beast

Two Rivers functions like a fanboy gift shop with impeccable replica items.

From The Daily Beast

Also back is that impeccable writing, packed with all the weird, wonderful one-liners that fans fell in love with last season.

From The Daily Beast

Harwood named the amount and the lawyer drew a check book from his impeccable desk and wrote.

From Project Gutenberg

It's enough to say that we've been thoroughly infiltrated, and that most of their agents have absolutely impeccable dossiers.

From Project Gutenberg

Dr. Rude was a small man, dapper, totally unlike a research chemist, and his speech and manner were as impeccable as his dress.

From Project Gutenberg

For instance, one often sees a wedding invitation in impeccable form but badly printed on cheap paper.

From Project Gutenberg

If the elect are incapable of sinning in heaven, could not God have made impeccable men upon earth?

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• exquisite
• immaculate
• precise
• unblemished