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fallible

[ fal-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. (of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
  2. liable to be erroneous or false; not accurate:

    fallible information.



fallible

/ ˈæɪə /

adjective

  1. capable of being mistaken; erring
  2. liable to mislead
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌڲˈٲ, noun
  • ˈڲ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڲ····ٲ [fal-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], ڲ···Ա noun
  • ڲ·· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fallible1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin fallibilis, equivalent to Latin ڲ(ī) (passive of fallere “to deceive”) + -ibilis -ible
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fallible1

C15: from Medieval Latin fallibilis , from Latin fallere to deceive
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Yet, the images that we’re left with encourage us to check in, over and over again, as this crazy show keeps us contemplating what it is to be fallible humans.

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"The audience is offered different views of one character. The play looks at the doctor as a fallible human being."

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The South Leicestershire MP said: "I am not and never have been a saint. I am a fallible human being like anyone else. To err is human."

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The defense was suddenly more fallible than usual.

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They were flesh-and-blood human beings, fallible like all of us, and nowhere were these imperfections more apparent than in their obeisance to neoliberalism — that is, free-market capitalism.

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