impeccable

im-PEK-uh-buladj

Meaning perfect; without a single flaw or fault

Memory hook not a crumb to PECK: im-PECK-able. The hen hunts all over Nana Lou’s kitchen floor and finds not one crumb to peck: the floor is impeccable.

Her impeccable handwriting made the party invitations look printed.

In context The young chef’s knife work was impeccable: every slice of carrot was the same thickness, and not one piece was wasted.

Similar flawless, perfect, faultless, spotless

Opposite flawed, faulty, sloppy

From Latin impeccabilis, “not able to sin”: in- (not) + peccare (to sin).

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