fallibility
Americannoun
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liability to be deceived or mistaken.
Many leaders fail to grasp that admissions of fallibility and uncertainty are actually signs of strength.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of fallibility
Example Sentences
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To denote the passage of time and fallibility of memory, Veloso shifted the way he shot the character in each era.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
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 • Dec. 13, 2025
Afterwards, the musician realised that one simple moment of fallibility had put the audience on his side.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024
It’s one that takes the form of three streaming series dedicated to revealing the designers behind the clothes; to stripping off the masks of the monstres sacrés and exposing them in all their human fallibility.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024
Human fallibility is always a part of war, and the price for it is always high.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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