fallible
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˈfælɪbəl/
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falible
- Even the best leaders are fallible and occasionally make poor decisions.
- fallible human
- fallible human beings
- fallible nature
Well, OK, what you're saying is everybody else is fallible, weak, fragile in some way or another.
- Well, OK, what you're saying is everybody else is fallible, weak, fragile in some way or another.
- Science is what is, but it's done by humans, and humans are fallible, imperfect people with their own personal beliefs and biases.
- Yes I I wouldn't say that every person is capable of every type of evil, but we are all fallible.
- When they've proclaimed something as facts that later turns out to be wrong, then they'll blame science because science is fallible.
- But I think, you know, Mills says, John Stuart Mill says you always have to leave a place in your mind for doubt that you might be wrong because we are fallible creatures.
- Who which can be fallible, which can be short sighted.
- That is kind of fallible thinking and a huge liability.
- But you really have to accept that you are so fallible that you should be ultra paranoid of control.
- Yeah, they, you know, like, like the the human memory is very fallible.
- And the fact that our brains are so fallible means that the two actually don't don't match up barely at all.
Examples
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The super teacher portrayed in the media presents a vivid contrast to the fallible human characteristics that real teachers exhibit.
Academic text (1992) -
Also, consumers often participate in and determine the success of the transaction, and they too are fallible.
Academic text (2002) -
But like all men, he is fallible.
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When she finds out that she married a human being, a fallible human being, not a god...
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But it taught me that we were not Superman, that we are fallible, that we are, that we can lose.
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People's memories are fallible; computer memories are a lot better.
Fiction book (1997) -
You have no basis for your conclusions other than your own fallible interpretation of events.
Blog text (15) -
Keep a memory of me, not as a king or a hero, but as a man, fallible and flawed.
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True, given the nature of our fallible bodies, human life is often replete with pain and disease.
Academic text (2014) -
Know your own limitations as a fallible mortal and then exercise moderation because you are not divine.
Synonyms
182
3.7
Not perfect because of a mistake or problem
113
4.3
Not correct or exact, with mistakes
73
3.5
Having faults or missing parts that make it less good
36
3.5
Not correct because it has mistakes, for example in an argument or plan
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5.1
Tends to make many mistakes
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7.5
Having made a mistake or done something wrong
Able to make mistakes
Antonyms
How Fallible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fallible comes from the Latin verb fallere, which means 'to deceive' or 'trick', and you can see the same idea in the common word false. So, fallible means someone or something can be wrong or make mistakes — they can be 'deceived' by error.