Fallible

Word FALLIBLE
Character 8
Hyphenation fal li ble
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Fallible"

What do we mean by fallible?

Capable of making an error. adjective

Tending or likely to be erroneous. adjective

Liable to err; capable of being or apt to be deceived or mistaken: said of persons.

Liable to be erroneous or false; subject to inaccuracy or fallaciousness: said of arguments, statements, etc.

Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived adjective

Capable of making mistakes or being wrong. adjective

Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings adjective

Likely to fail or make errors adjective

Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fallible

The word "fallible" in example sentences

I find, in other words, the best human beings fallible, and _very fallible_. ❋ George L. Prentiss (1859)

And the bottom line is, I'm not the first one who said that the emperor has no clothes and that "The New York Times" is fallible, which is perfectly reasonable -- fallible just like every other corporation or government or whatever it is. ❋ Unknown (2004)

But regulators and supervisors are fallible, which is why we need to attack the problems from all sides. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How then are we to understand "fallible" doctrines of the third degree? ❋ Unknown (2009)

But, you don't necessarily agree with their infallible correction: the word should be "fallible" here. interpretation of that verse. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Here it is possible that 'All Popes' may agree with precisely that part of the term 'man,' of which it is not known whether it agrees with 'fallible' or not. ❋ St. George William Joseph Stock (N/A)

Pedant - first rule of pedantry is to make sure that your post is perfect and to understand that the spellchecker is, like us all, fallible. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

And let's not forget that News Corp. has shown itself to be eminently fallible in the online realm: This is the company that spent $580 million to buy the social-networking sinkhole known as MySpace. ❋ Rob Pegoraro (2011)

Probably should have gone for “initiated”. you should have started with fallible instead of falling back on it when you lost that one too. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Possibly you could ask questions concerning a span of time, but that would be less reliable because memory tends to be fallible. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After the news of his resignation, many Apple fans reflected on the future of their community without its leader—and the possibility that Apple might become fallible. ❋ Geoffrey A. Fowler (2011)

Someone who cast a long shadow at sundown, someone with the infinite capability to fool himself, someone indistinguishable from the most ordinary and fallible of men. ❋ P. G. Sturges (2011)

The Tebow cultural phenomenon then seems much deeper than a healthy distrust of another fallible role model. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The ancient Hindu tales that Pattanaik, 38, tells his corporate audiences are full of fallible kings, stoically suffering queens, demons enticing the gods into lawless jungles, gods with rivers sprouting from their dreadlocks, and goddesses riding elephants. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Or, I guess the more straightforward thing to ask is this: can you disagree with the Pope, view him as deeply fallible, and still be a good Catholic? ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's knowing the super-doc is hyper-fallible, sometimes even in his role as über-diagnostician. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In that setting I wanted to put very human, fallible characterspeople like Sister Mary Joseph Praise and Thomas Stone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We must revise our opinions, as a movement, in accordance with changes in our understanding of the Torah and the social context in which it was written, revealed by God, but written by fallible human hands. ❋ Miriam Lazewatsky (2011)

Yes, people are fallible — some even purposely so — and yes, we can not blame God for their failure. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Relying more on market discipline and required minimum equity would allow for less reliance on short-sighted politicians and fallible regulators to develop, implement, and continually update complex and uncertain systems of regulation. ❋ Mark J. Perry (2011)

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