faultless

[ fawlt-lis ]

/ ˈfɔlt lɪs /

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adjective

without fault, flaw, or defect; perfect.

OTHER WORDS FOR faultless

flawless, impeccable, exemplary, irreproachable.

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Origin of faultless

First recorded in 1300–50, faultless is from the Middle English word fautles.See fault, -less

OTHER WORDS FROM faultless

fault·less·ly, adverbfault·less·ness, noun

Words nearby faultless

fault, fault block, fault breccia, faultfinder, faultfinding, faultless, fault line, fault plane, fault scarp, fault tree, faulty

How to use faultless in a sentence

Stories about the early colonizers of North America resonate a little differently these days, and Radisson was clearly no faultless hero.
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And any kind of return to the rigors of the campaign trail will not be faultless.
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So far Farmiga has been faultless in her scenes with Highmore.
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Of course each of us has our stories about bad drivers, with the implication, always, that we ourselves are faultless on the road.
The Perils of Driving in India: One Man’s Quest for a Driver’s License|Dilip D’Souza|October 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The faultless cast also includes Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, and Charles Halton.
The Star-Crossed Hamlet|David Thomson|October 10, 2008|DAILY BEAST
It is better to play the simplest airs in a finished, faultless manner, than to play imperfectly the most brilliant variations.
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The book is admirable; as a series of sermons illustrative of the canon of literary good taste it is faultless.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
Many a heart beats as those happy, sunny eyes gaze on the lovely-made dolls, dressed in faultless fashion.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
Joseph is one of the most interesting characters of the Bible, one of the most fortunate, and one of the most faultless.
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She's a woman of faultless character, but her instincts, as Altiora would say, are anarchistic—when she gives them a chance.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for faultless

faultless

/ (ˈfɔːltlɪs) /

adjective

without fault; perfect or blameless

Derived forms of faultless

faultlessly, adverbfaultlessness, noun

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