fallibility
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fal·li·ble
(făl′ə-bəl)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.]
fal′li·bil′i·ty, fal′li·ble·ness n.
fal′li·bly adv.
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Noun | 1. | fallibility - the likelihood of making errors undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness - the trait of not being dependable or reliable errancy - fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err infallibility - the quality of never making an error |
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fallibility
n → Fehlbarkeit f
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