a. (UN-1 7.)
1548. Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. Matt. xxi. 83. Whom because he had prouoked agaynst hym with well doynge, he made them not vnfaultye.
1587. Mirr. Mag., Locrinus, iii. What meane I here th unfaulty for to blame?
1628. Wither, Brit. Rememb., 289 b. In a Watch or Clocke When it is out of order once, or broke, The wheeles that are unfaultie move awry.
1645. Milton, Tetrach., 31. A Covnant therfore brought to that passe, is on the unfaulty side without injury dissolvd.
1741. Richardson, Pamela (1824), I. xiv. 252. And glad I am that the poor unfaulty baby is so justly beloved by Mr. B.
1855. Singleton, Virgil, II. 27. Be it allowed to me To pity my unfaulty friends mishap.