Faultiest

But some of them have fallen by the way, and those not the faultiest or coarsest, but some of fine instinct and graceful charm, who evoked one's best hopes and most affectionate concern. ❋ Arthur Christopher Benson (1893)

Having proved him thus to be, in fact, about the faultiest, loosest, teacher, in a matter of mere fact, that ever undertook to lead the world, they acquiesce in him perfectly; their reverence is complete! ❋ 1802-1876 (1871)

But he knew something of the tares only; he knew nothing of the wheat among the tares; knew nothing of the wintry gleams of comfort shed on thousands of hearts by the most poverty-stricken belief in the merest and faultiest silhouette of a God. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

Here he says: 'Truth is the first Quality, and, as it were, the foundation of Thought; the fairest is the faultiest, or, rather, those which pass for the fairest, are not really so, if they want this Foundation ... ❋ Unknown (1711)

Thought; the fairest is the faultiest, or, rather, those which pass for the fairest, are not really so, if they want this Foundation ... ❋ Joseph Addison (1695)

His next poem was "Annus Mirabilis," published in 1667, and counted justly one of his most vigorous, though also one of the faultiest of his poems. ❋ John Dryden (1665)

Leahy told some whoppers too and Teddy, but Tribe’s recall of Bork’s history was the faultiest and he had the most to gain (or lose) and helost. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Leahy told some whoppers too and Teddy, but Tribe’s recall of Bork’s history was the faultiest and he had the most to gain or lose and helost. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Colburn's First Lessons, the only faultiest school book that we have, has made a great change in the mode of teaching Arithmetic, and is destined to make a still greater. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)