- impeccable
- impeccable, faultless, flawless, errorless are comparable when they mean absolutely correct and beyond criticism.Impeccable usually applies to something with which no fault can be found or which is irreproachably correct{
the only impeccable writers are those that never wrote— Hazlitt
}{her logical process is impeccable— Grandgent
}{an impeccable figure in trim dinner jacket and starched shirt— Capote
}Faultless is often used in place of impeccable without loss, but it is sometimes preferred when the emphasis is upon the absence of defect or blemish rather than upon technical correctness{whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be— Pope
}{in faultless English and with merciless logic, lashed all the miners' socialistic theories— Collis
}Its distinctive implication, however, is often that of insipidity or tediousness{faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection, no more— Tennyson
}Flawless applies especially to natural products in which no cracks, blemishes, or imperfections can be detected{a flawless diamond
}or to character or reputation which is admirably excellent{destroyed his flawless reputation by a single act
}or to a work of art or its execution when comparably fine{a flawless lyric
}{the flawless technique of the pianist
}{a flawless story published in 1895 . . . somewhat forecasts James's final type— Van Doren
}Errorless usually implies absence of all mistakes, especially of such mistakes as are technically regarded as errors; thus, an errorless baseball game may not involve flawless playing.Analogous words: inerrant, unerring, infallible: *correct, accurate, precise, right, nice: *perfect, entire, whole, intactContrasted words: *deficient, defective: *superficial, shallow, uncritical, cursory: culpable, *blameworthy
New Dictionary of Synonyms. 2014.
