What does faultless mean?
Word: Faultless
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Faultless means having no mistakes or faults at all; perfect.
Synonyms: flawless, spotless
Antonyms: faulty
How do you spell faultless?
Syllables: fault - less
Tricky part: Keep the u of fault (au), then add less with a double s. Students drop the u (faltless) or one s (faultles).
Watch out for: faltless, faultles, fautless
Memory tip: When there is less of every fault, the work is faultless: both parts keep all their letters.
Faultless in a sentence
Example 1: The gymnast's faultless routine earned her a perfect score.
Example 2: Samuel's handwriting is so neat that his notebook looks faultless.
Example 3: The orchestra gave a faultless performance on the opening night.
Fun Fact
Fault was once spelt faute. The l was added about 500 years ago to make it look more like Latin, and for a long time people still did not pronounce it.
Practise the CREST Way
Sound Check
In which word is 'au' pronounced differently?
a) faultless
b) laugh
c) sauce
d) launch
Show answer
b) laugh. Laugh has the ah sound of half, but in faultless, sauce and launch the au is the aw sound.
Word Fusion
Which two parts join to make a word meaning having no mistakes at all?
1. fault 2. less 3. help 4. ful 5. ness 6. dom
a) 3 and 2
b) 1 and 2
c) 3 and 4
d) 1 and 5
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b) 1 and 2. Fault and less give the word for work with no mistakes; helpless and helpful mean something quite different.
Word Tally
Give 1 mark for each misspelt word. How many marks do these words earn?
faultless, accurate, neetly, correct, perfact, careful
a) 4
b) 1
c) 3
d) 2
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d) 2. Neatly has ea and perfect has an e before the ct, so two words are wrong.
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
123456789 sltfuesla
a) 945238617
b) 495238167
c) 495238617
d) 495328617
Show answer
c) 495238617. Taking letters 4, 9, 5, 2, 3, 8, 6, 1 and 7 spells f-a-u-l-t-l-e-s-s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these could fairly be called faultless?
a) a bridge with cracks in it
b) a cake that has burnt at the edges
c) a test paper with every answer right
d) a song sung in the wrong key
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c) a test paper with every answer right
2. Which word is the opposite of faultless?
a) precise
b) flawed
c) polished
d) skilled
Show answer
b) flawed
