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fallible
[ fal-uh-buhl ]
adjective
- (of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
- liable to be erroneous or false; not accurate:
fallible information.
fallible
/ ˈæɪə /
adjective
- capable of being mistaken; erring
- liable to mislead
Derived Forms
- ˌڲˈٲ, noun
- ˈڲ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ڲ····ٲ [fal-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], ڲ···Ա noun
- ڲ·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fallible1
Example Sentences
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.
"The audience is offered different views of one character. The play looks at the doctor as a fallible human being."
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."
The defense was suddenly more fallible than usual.
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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