fallible
fallible
Definition
fal·lible (fal′ə bəl)
adjective
- capable of making a mistake or being deceived
- liable to be erroneous or inaccurate
Etymology: ME < ML fallibilis < L fallere, to deceive: see fail
fal′·li·bil′·ity (-bil′ə tē) noun or fal′·lible·ness
fal′·libly adverb
fallible
Synonyms
fallible
modif.
fallible
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: And this is before any consideration is given to making the machines less fallible.
Modifies a noun
- being: We are fallible beings working our way through life.
- memory: The question then seems to be whether one's admittedly fallible memory is adequate for the maintenance of meaning.
- human: Rather, he would be a fallible human being who would be doing what in my view is the wrong thing ' ).
- man: These authors were fallible men: their sinful failings are exhibited in Scripture for us.
- knowledge: As we already emphasized in section 2, all agents have fallible knowledge, implying that the customers are prone to make wrong decisions.
- people: Back to top O'Casey cares what is the effect of Pearse's and Connolly's words on ordinary, limited and fallible people.
Modifying Another Word
- very: And yet, God is at work right now using a weak and very fallible man to speak to you, His people.
- not: Initially he kept repeating that he was in the hands of God, not fallible human doctors.
- all: Humanists were another matter of course, but then we're all fallible.
- notoriously: Memories are notoriously fallible on material facts, vulnerable to suggestion, to rewriting, to complete erasure.
- therefore: Because readers understand that the first person showcases a human and therefore fallible perspective, writers can tell two different stories at once.
- always: Science is simply our best human guesswork ( always fallible ) about the ' How ' question.
Used with adjective complement
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