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fault-free

fault-free adjective: without any faults being evident.

Adjective

fault-free (not comparable)

  1. Without any faults being evident.
    • Hull Trains Managing Director Louise Cheeseman explained: "On arrival in the UK, they are required to pass fault-free running on the tracks as part of final safety checks, before undergoing the final stages of training and familiarisation with our staff."2019 November 20, “Hull Trains prepares to introduce its five brand-new Hitachi bi-modes”, in Rail, page 20

Origin of fault-free

From fault + -free.

Questions about fault-free

What does fault-free mean?
Fault-free means without any faults being evident.
What part of speech is fault-free?
Fault-free is an adjective.

Words near fault-free in the dictionary

  1. fault trees
  2. fault-find
  3. fault-finding
  4. fault-finds
  5. fault-found
  6. fault-free
  7. fault-line
  8. fault-lines
  9. fault-prone
  10. fault-tolerant
  11. faultable

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