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Definition: Faultless |
FaultlessAdjective1. Without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "faultless" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
Synonyms: FaultlessSynonyms: immaculate (adj), impeccable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Innocence | Adjective: innocent, not guilty; unguilty; guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless; clear, immaculate; rectus in curia; unspotted, unblemished, unerring; undefiled; unhardened, Saturnian; Arcadian; (artless). |
Perfection | Adjective: perfect, faultless; indefective, indeficient, indefectible; immaculate, spotless, impeccable; free from imperfection; unblemished, uninjured; sound, sound as a roach; in perfect condition; scathless, intact, harmless; seaworthy; (safe); right as a trivet; in seipso totus teres atque rotundus; consummate; (complete); finished. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Faultless |
| English words defined with "faultless": faultlessly ♦ Innocent party ♦ perfectly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "faultless": Faults ♦ Grandison ♦ Saccharissa. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Hosea Ballou | A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page. |
Lord Alfred Tennyson | Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Faultless" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Faultless" is used about 94 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 94 | 33,845 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "faultless": near-faultless. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
faultless caster | 28 |
faultless | 23 |
faultless starch | 8 |
faultless lock | 4 |
faultless remover wrinkle | 3 |
ami bon faultless starch | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "faultless"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i patëmetë (flawless, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, taintless, unblemished), i pacen (flawless, impeccable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لا عيب فيه (irreproachable, spotless), غير ناقص. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | безупречен (blameless, flawless, immaculate, indefectible, irreproachable, spotless, undeniable, unexceptionable, unimpeachable), безпогрешен (impeccable, infallible, surefire, unerring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 瑕. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bezvadný (flawless, immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, perfect, unexceptionable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | virheetön (accurate, clear, clear of defects, correct, flawless, infallible, on-grade, sound), moitteeton (blameless, irreproachable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | impeccable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fehlerfrei (accurate, bug-free, clear, clear of defects, correct, error free, error-free, faultlessly, flawless, immaculate, infallibly, on-grade, perfect, sound), einwandfrei (immaculate, immaculately, immaculateness, impeccable, indisputable, irreproachable, perfect, sound, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, untainted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άψογοσ (blameless, flawless, impeccable, irreproachable, unblamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ללא פ'ם (flawless, immaculate, intact). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hibátlan (clear, entire, flawless, immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, perfect, sound, unblemished). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | perfetto (absolute, accomplished, complete, consummate, dead, finished, flawless, perfect, prize, pure, tiptop), irreprensibile (blameless, irreproachable, unimpeachable), inappuntabile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuloghtagh (blameless, impeccable, innocent, irreprehensible, sinless, unblamable), neufoiljagh (innocent, inoffensive, irreprehensible, unblamable), gyn loght (blameless, flawless, guiltless, impeccable, innocent, model, unexceptional), gyn fout, gyn foill (blameless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | feilfri (flawless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aultlessfay rabugento (acrimonious, atrabilious, brutal, criss cross, crusty, currish, fiddle-faddle, fractious, fretfulness, frustrate, Grove, gruff, harsh, Moody, morose, peevish, pettish, querulous, rough, shrewish, snuffy, sour, sullen, surly, techy, testy, tetchy, unkind, unpleasant), irrepreensível (impeccable service, irreproachable, unblamable, unexceptionable, unimpeachable, unobjectionable). (various references) fãrã greşealã, fãrã cusur (fair, impeccable, irreproachable, watertight, without blemish), perfect (a1, absolute, accomplished, all right, blameless, classic, consummate, flawless, good enough, okay, out and out, perfect, perfectly, pure, quite so, right-down, ripe, that's fine, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, tiptop, total, unimpeachable), ireproşabil (blameless, faultlessly, immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, irreproachably, unimpeachable), infailibil (certain, inerrable, infallible, unerring, unfailing), desãvârşit (absolute, accomplished, blank, complete, consummate, finished, full-fledged, out and out, perfect, perfectly, pure, right-down, stark, thorough, thoroughpaced), curat (absolute, bald, blank, clean, cleanly, clear, clearly, fair, fine, fresh, genuine, honest, immaculate, neat, orderly, Plumb, pristine, pure, raw, sheer, simple, sincere, snowy, snug, stainless, stark, straight, tidy, white), corect (accurate, aright, correct, correctly, exact, fair, flawless, honest, just, justly, mensurable, perfect, precise, right, rightful, rightly, Square, upright). (various references) безупречный (blameless, flawless, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, lily white, perfect, polished, pure, stainless, taintless, unblamable, unblemished, unexceptionable, unimpeachable, unimpechable, unimprovable). (various references) besprekoran (immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, spotless, unimpeachable). (various references) sin defecto. (various references) felfri (bug-free, clear of defects, flawless, normal, perfect, sound). (various references) ซึ่งไม่ผิ"พลา". (various references) mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), kusursuz (accomplished, beyond reproach, blameless, capital, clean, correct, excellent, final, flawless, free from taint, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, irreproachable, perfect, precise, root and branch, taintless, the dandy, the perfect, thorough, thoroughgoing, unblemished, unimpeachable). (various references) невинуватий (innocent), безпомилковий (error-free, inerrable, infallible, surefire, unmistakable, without mistakes), бездоганний (blameless, flawless, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, irreproachable, paragon, pure, scrupulous, stainless, taintless, thoroughbred, unexceptionable, unimpeachable). (various references) di-nam, difeius (blameless), difai (blameless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Hebrews Chapter 8, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ei gar h prwth ekeinh hn amemptoV ouk an deuteraV ezhteito topoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nam si illud prius culpa vacasset non utique secundi locus inquireretur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For if the ilke firste hadde lackid blame, the place of the secounde schulde not haue be souyt. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For yf that fyrst testament had bene fautelesse: then shuld no place have bene sought for the seconde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for the second. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Hebrews Chapter 8, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Kon kadtong unang pakigsaad wala pay kulang, wala untay kahigayonan alang sa ikaduha. |
| Croatian | Da je, zbilja, onaj prvi bio besprijekoran, ne bi se drugome tražilo mjesto. |
| Danish | Thi dersom hin første var udadlelig, da vilde der ikke blive søgt Sted for en anden. |
| Dutch | Want indien dat eerste verbond onberispelijk geweest ware, zo zou voor het tweede geen plaats gezocht zijn geweest. |
| Finnish | Sillä jos ensimmäinen liitto olisi ollut moitteeton, ei olisi etsitty sijaa toiselle. |
| French | En effet, si la première alliance avait été sans défaut, il n`aurait pas été question de la remplacer par une seconde. |
| German | Denn so jenes, das erste, untadelig gewesen wäre, würde nicht Raum zu einem andern gesucht. |
| Hungarian | Mert ha az az elsõ kifogástalan volt volna, nem kerestetett volna hely a másodiknak. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Andaikata tidak ada kekurangan pada perjanjian yang pertama, maka tidak perlu diadakan perjanjian yang kedua. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena jikalau sungguh perjanjian yang pertama itu tiada bercela, niscaya tiada akan dicari sebab bagi yang kedua. |
| Italian | Se la prima infatti fosse stata perfetta, non sarebbe stato il caso di stabilirne un'altra. |
| Latvian | Jo ja pirmâ bûtu bijusi bez vainas, tad nemeklçtu vietu otrai. |
| Maori | Mehemea hoki kihai i whai he taua kawenata o mua, e kore e rapua he wahi mo te tuarua. |
| Norwegian | For hadde hin første vært ulastelig, da var det ikke søkt rum for en annen; |
| Portuguese | Pois, se aquele primeiro fora sem defeito, nunca se teria buscado lugar para o segundo. |
| Rumanian | Kn adevqr, dacq legqmkntul dintki ar fi fost fqrq cusur, n`ar mai fi fost vorba sq fie knlocuit cu un al doilea. |
| Shuar | Kame Emka Chicham, Yus Muisaisjai yaunchu najanamia nu, nekas pénkeraitkiuinkia Yamaram Chichaman najanachaayi. |
| Spanish | Porque si el primer pacto hubiera sido sin defecto, no se habría procurado lugar para un segundo. |
| Swahili | Maana kama lile agano la kwanza halingalikuwa na dosari, hakungalikuwa na haja ya agano la pili. |
| Swedish | Ty om det förra förbundet hade varit utan brist, så skulle väl plats icke hava sökts för ett annat. |
| Uma | Ane rapa' -na Atura Musa uma ria kakuraa' -na, ke uma-pi mingki' rapali' ohea to ntani' -na mpoposidai' manusia' hante Alata'ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "faultless": faultlessly, faultlessness, faultlessnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Faultless" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: naullses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "faultless" (pronounced 'Fault"less'): Actless, Ageless, Aidless, Aimless, Airless, Aisless, Approachless, Armless, Artless, Assistless, Avoidless, Awless, Awnless, Backless, Badgeless, Barkless, Baseless, Bashless, Bateless, Beamless, Beardless, Birthless, Bitless, Blameless, Blissless, Bloodless, Bloomless, Blotless, Blushless, Boastless, Boneless, Bookless, Bootless, Boteless, Boundless, Bournless, Bowless, Bractless, Bragless, Brainless, Branchless, Breadless, Breadthless, Breathless, Breezeless, Bribeless, Bridgeless, Briefless, Brimless, Browless. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-l-l-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: flatuses, sulfates. | |
-2 letters: falsest, fatless, fullest, sallets, salutes, stellas, sulfate, taluses. | |
-3 letters: faults, feasts, fellas, festal, flatus, flutes, fusels, leasts, luteal, safest, sallet, salute, saults, sautes, slates, stales, stalls, steals, stella, stulls, sulfas, tassel, teslas, tulles, tussal, tussle. | |
-4 letters: alefs, asset, easts, falls, false, fasts, fates, fault, feast, feats, fella, fells, felts, fetal, fetas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-l-l-s-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: faultlessly, satchelfuls, satchelsful. | |
+4 letters: distastefully, faultlessness, healthfulness, ultraleftisms, ultraleftists. | |
+5 letters: tablespoonfuls, tablespoonsful. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 75 6C 74 6C 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- ..- .-.. - .-.. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110101 01101100 01110100 01101100 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a u l t l e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0075 006C 0074 006C 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)406787788678718585 |
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