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faultless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Without fault; free from defect or error.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • faultless effort
  • faultless performance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

without fault or error

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • faultless logic
  • speaks impeccable French
  • timing and technique were immaculate
  • an immaculate record

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: immaculate, impeccable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English fault Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English faultless From fault + -less.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: безпогрешен (bezpogrešen) — without fault
  • Catalan: impecable — without fault
  • Catalan: perfecte — without fault
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無錯誤的 /无错误的 (wú cuòwù de) — without fault
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無缺點的 /无缺点的 (wú quēdiǎn de) — without fault
  • Danish: fejlfri — without fault
  • Dutch: loepzuiver — without fault
  • Dutch: foutloos — without fault
  • Esperanto: senerara — without fault
  • Estonian: veatu — without fault
  • Estonian: laitmatu — without fault
  • Finnish: moitteeton — without fault
  • Finnish: virheetön — without fault
  • French: impeccable — without fault
  • German: fehlerfrei — without fault
  • Hindi: निर्दोष (nirdoṣ) — without fault
  • Hungarian: hibátlan — without fault
  • Icelandic: lýtalaus — without fault
  • Ido: sendefekta — without fault
  • Igbo: enweghị ntụpọ — without fault
  • Irish: gan on — without fault
  • Italian: infallibile — without fault
  • Japanese: 欠点のない (ketten no nai) — without fault
  • Japanese: 失敗のない (shippai no nai) — without fault
  • Japanese: 無欠の (muketsu no) — without fault
  • Japanese: 無傷の (mukizu no) — without fault
  • Korean: 과실이없는 (gwasirieomneun) — without fault
  • Lao: ບໍ່ແຄ້ວ (bǭ khǣu) — without fault
  • Latin: ēmendātus — without fault
  • Lithuanian: beydis — without fault
  • Polish: bezbłędny — without fault
  • Polish: nieskazitelny — without fault
  • Polish: bezusterkowy — without fault
  • Portuguese: impecável — without fault
  • Portuguese: perfeito — without fault
  • Russian: безупре́чный (bezupréčnyj) — without fault
  • Russian: безоши́бочный (bezošíbočnyj) — without fault
  • Russian: безукори́зненный (bezukoríznennyj) — without fault
  • Sanskrit: निर्दोष (nirdoṣa) — without fault
  • Spanish: impecable — without fault
  • Spanish: perfecto — without fault
  • Spanish: intachable — without fault
  • Spanish: sin tacha — without fault
  • Swedish: felfri — without fault
  • Tamil: குற்றமற்றவர்களே (kuṟṟamaṟṟavarkaḷē) — without fault
  • Telugu: తప్పులేని (tappulēni) — without fault
  • Tibetan: སྐྱོན་མེད (skyon med) — without fault
  • Urdu: نردوش — without fault