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The definition of fallible is capable of making mistakes or errors.

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Imperfect people who are capable of making mistakes are an example of people who would be described as fallible.

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See fallible in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

capable of making a mistake or being deceived
liable to be erroneous or inaccurate

Origin: ME < ML fallibilis < L fallere, to deceive: see fail

Related Forms:

fallibility noun or fallibleness
fallibly adverb

See fallible in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Capable of making an error: Humans are only fallible.
Tending or likely to be erroneous: fallible hypotheses.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Medieval Latin fallibilis

Origin: , from Latin fallere, to deceive

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Related Forms:

falˌli·bilˈi·ty, falˈli·ble·ness noun

falˈli·bly adverb

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