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fallible

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fal·li·ble  (fl-bl)
adj.
1. Capable of making an error: Humans are only fallible.
2. Tending or likely to be erroneous: fallible hypotheses.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin fallibilis, from Latin fallere, to deceive.]

falli·bili·ty, falli·ble·ness n.
falli·bly adv.

fallible
Adjective
1. (of a person) liable to make mistakes
2. capable of error: our all-too-fallible economic indicators [Latin fallere to deceive]
fallibility n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fallible - likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"
infallible - incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible"
2.fallible - wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"
human - having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty"

fallible
adjective imperfect, weak, uncertain, ignorant, mortal, frail, erring, prone to error << OPPOSITE infallible
Translations
fallible [ˈfæləbl] adjfalible

fallible [ˈfæləbl] adjfaillible

fallible [ˈfæləbl] adjfehlbar

fallible [ˈfælɪbl] adjfallibile

fallible
adj fallible [ˈfӕləbl]
able or likely to make mistakes Human beings are fallible. feilbaar, onvolmaak قابِل للخَطَأ склонен да греши omylný ufuldkommen fehlbar που μπορεί να σφάλλει, επιρρεπής στα λάθη falible eksiv جایز الخطا erehtyväinen faillible לא אָמִין अविश्वसनीय pogrešiv esendő bisa salah skeikull fallibile 誤りやすい 틀리기 쉬운, 실수를 저지르는, 불완전한 linkęs klysti spējīgs kļūdīties boleh silap feilbaar feilbarlig omylny falível failibil подверженный ошибкам omylný zmotljiv pogrešiv felbar ซึ่งผิดพลาดกันได้ hata yapabilir, yanılabilir 易錯的,可能犯錯的 схильний до помилок پر خطا có thể sai lầm ,可能


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"If it is fallible," he replied, "there is the greater reason that I explain it, lest it mislead.
Worldly wisdom may force them into widely different ways of life; worldly wisdom may delude them, or may make them delude themselves, into contracting an earthly and a fallible union.
She is a daughter of earth; you are an angel of heaven; only be not too austere in your divinity, and remember that I am a poor, fallible mortal.
 
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