faultless

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈfɔltləs/ UK /ˈfɔːltləs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
without flaw or error; perfect

Her faultless diction impressed the examiners.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · without flaw or error; perfect flawless perfect impeccable immaculate blameless unblemished irreproachable

Opposites

faulty flawed defective imperfect blameworthy

Word family

Derived forms faultlesslyfaultlessness

Related forms fault faultful faulty

Etymology

From 'fault' + the privative suffix '-less'. 'Fault' is from Old French 'faute' ('lack, failing'), from Vulgar Latin '*fallita', from Latin 'fallere' ('to deceive, fail').

faute Old French fallere Latin

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# faultless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈfɔltləs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfɔːltləs/

## Meanings
1. without flaw or error; perfect

## Examples
- Her faultless diction impressed the examiners.

## Synonyms
- flawless
- perfect
- impeccable
- immaculate
- blameless
- unblemished
- irreproachable

## Antonyms
- faulty
- flawed
- defective
- imperfect
- blameworthy

## Derived Forms
- faultlessly
- faultlessness

## Related Forms
- fault
- faultful
- faulty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: faute
- Root: fallere

## Etymology
From 'fault' + the privative suffix '-less'. 'Fault' is from Old French 'faute' ('lack, failing'), from Vulgar Latin '*fallita', from Latin 'fallere' ('to deceive, fail').

## AI Etymology
Faultless is from 'fault' + the privative suffix '-less'. 'Fault' is from Old French 'faute' ('lack, failing'), from Vulgar Latin '*fallita', from Latin 'fallere' ('to deceive, fail'). Important recorded forms include faute (Old French) and fallere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers without flaw or error; perfect. The wider family includes derived forms such as faultlessly and faultlessness and related words such as fault, faultful, and faulty.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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