flawless

English

Etymology

From flaw +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔː.ləs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈflɑː.ləs/
• Rhymes: -ɔːləs

Adjective

flawless (comparative more flawless, superlative most flawless)

1. Perfect; without flaws, shortcomings or defects.

   The pianist's performance this evening was flawless.

   • 2013, Phil McNulty, "[1]", BBC Sport, 26 December 2013:

     City's victory was secured in first-half injury time when Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet made a hash of his attempt to keep out Alvaro Negredo's chip, ensuring Manuel Pellegrini's side kept their flawless home league record.

Synonyms

• impeccable
• perfect
• faultless
• See also Thesaurus:flawless

Antonyms

• flawed
• flawful

Related terms

• flaw

Translations

perfect; without flaws, shortcomings or defects

• Armenian: անթերի (hy) (antʿeri)
• Belarusian: бездако́рны (bjezdakórny), безгане́бны (bjezhanjébny), беззага́нны (bjezzahánny), беззава́дны (bjezzavádny)
• Bulgarian: бездефектен (bezdefekten), безупречен (bg) (bezuprečen)
• Catalan: perfecte (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完美 (zh) (wánměi), 完美無瑕, 完美无瑕 (wánměi wúxiá)

• Czech: bezchybný (cs) m
• Dutch: vlekkeloos (nl), feilloos (nl), foutloos (nl)
• Estonian: veatu
• Finnish: virheetön (fi), täydellinen (fi)
• French: parfait (fr), impeccable (fr)
• German: perfekt (de), fehlerlos (de), makellos (de), einwandfrei (de)
• Hungarian: hibátlan (hu), tökéletes (hu), makulátlan (hu)
• Icelandic: lýtalaus
• Ido: perfekta (io), sendefekta (io), senmakula

• Indonesian: tanpa cacat
• Italian: perfetto (it), levigato (it), impeccabile (it)
• Japanese: 完璧 (ja) (かんぺき, kanpeki)
• Korean: 완벽한 (wanbyeokhan)
• Latvian: nevainojams, perfekts
• Lithuanian: beydis
• Macedonian: беспрекорен (besprekoren)
• Maori: takarepakore, paruhi, pāruhiruhi
• Polish: doskonały (pl), bezbłędny (pl)
• Portuguese: perfeito (pt), sem falhas, impecável (pt)
• Russian: безупре́чный (ru) (bezupréčnyj), безукори́зненный (ru) (bezukoríznennyj), без изъя́на (ru) (bez izʺjána), соверше́нный (ru) (soveršénnyj)
• Spanish: impecable (es), perfecto (es)
• Swedish: makalös (sv), felfri (sv), fläckfri (sv), fulländad (sv), oklanderlig (sv), otadlig (sv)
• Turkish: kusursuz (tr)

Further reading

• flawless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• flawless in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “flawless” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.