fallibility

American  

[fal-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌfæl əˈbɪl ɪ ti /

Rarely fallibleness

noun

1. liability to be deceived or mistaken.

   Many leaders fail to grasp that admissions of fallibility and uncertainty are actually signs of strength.

2. liability to be inaccurate or false, or to fall short of expectations.

   Banks are hoping to get a new card system up and running before the fallibility of the old one becomes public.

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Etymology

Origin of fallibility

fall(ible) ( def. ) + -ibility ( def. )

Example Sentences

We are on a philosophical fence, she says: We tolerate the opacity of human decision-making despite years of research showing our own fallibility.

From The Wall Street Journal

Regardless of Red Bull's recovery, and McLaren's fallibility, Verstappen says he is "quite surprised" to be going into the last race still in with a chance of the title.

From BBC

I hope that people fall in love with him and then are shocked by his fallibility.”

From Los Angeles Times

"There is nothing surprising in this narrative, which is ultimately about the fallibility of memory in the absence of a written record," as the Security Service put it in legal submissions.

From BBC

Bong isn’t convinced that our machines will ever outpace human control — or fallibility.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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