fallible

From Middle English fallible, from Medieval Latin fallibilis (“liable to err, also deceitful”), from Latin fallere (“to deceive”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.lɪ.b(ə)l/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfæ.lə.bəl/

fallible (comparative more fallible, superlative most fallible)

1. Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

• defective
• faulty
• faultful
• imperfect

• perfect
• infallible

• fail
• fallacious
• fallacy
• fallibilist
• fallibilism
• fallibility

• “fallible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “fallible”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “fallible”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• fillable