fallible
- (of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
- liable to be erroneous or false; not accurate: fallible information.
Origin of fallible
Related Words for fallible
faulty, imperfect, untrustworthy, frail, careless, deceptive, errant, erring, heedless, human, ignorant, liable, mortal, questionable, uncertain, unreliable, weakExamples from the Web for fallible
Contemporary Examples of fallible
A wine consumption map of the U.S. is as fallible as that wine map of Europe.
In fairness, like glossies anywhere, French tabloids are fallible, prone to playing up alleged trysts that fall flat.
They reveal an altogether vulnerable, fallible person with ambition, passion, and doubt.
The masters of war, it turns out, are as fallible as the rest of us.
Nobody told the media to make a fallible person with a dubious electoral winning streak the “genius” behind the GOP.
Historical Examples of fallible
It may be fallible, often it is and, in our scheme of things, what is there that is not?
The Paliser caseEdgar Saltus
Hearing is one of the senses, and all the senses are fallible.
The Comedies of William CongreveWilliam Congreve
There may be much of what is fallible and human with what is truthful and divine.
The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in MalvernKnowles King
So that, if anxious as he who is human and fallible must ever be, I am nevertheless happy and contented.
AurelianWilliam Ware
All our knowledge, again, supposes memory which is fallible.
The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I.Sir Leslie Stephen
fallible
- capable of being mistaken; erring
- liable to mislead
Word Origin for fallible
Word Origin and History for fallible
early 15c., from Medieval Latin fallibilis "liable to err, deceitful." literally "that can be deceived," from Latin fallere "deceive" (see fail).