fallible
adjUK /ˈfal.ɪ.bəl/ · AU, CA, US /ˈfæl.ə.bəl/
Etymology From Middle English fallible, from Medieval Latin fallibilis (“liable to err, also deceitful”), from Latin fallere (“to deceive”).
1
Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
- prove fallible
- recognize as fallible
2 more examples
- Even the best doctors are fallible.
- He admitted he was fallible like anyone else.
2
Capable of failure.
- Antonyms
- perfect, infallible
- Derived terms
- fallibleness, fallibly, nonfallible, unfallible
- Related terms
- fail, fallacious, fallacy, fallibilism, fallibilist, fallibility