fallibility

Rarely fal·li·ble·ness

[fal-uh-bil-i-tee]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fallibility¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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"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.

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The Republicans, on the other hand, do not admit to fallibilities.

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

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But he has largely failed to shake the view that his occasional fallibility adds to the fragility of a struggling side.

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Related Words

• frailty