fallible
pronunciation
How to pronounce fallible in British English:
UK [ˈfæləbl]
How to pronounce fallible in American English:
US [ˈfæləbl]
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- Adjective:
- likely to fail or be inaccurate
- having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
Word Origin
- fallible (adj.)
- early 15c., from Medieval Latin fallibilis "liable to err, deceitful," literally "that can be deceived," from Latin fallere "deceive" (see fail (v.)).
Example
- 1. This just proves that everybody is fallible .
- 2. But mr obama , too , is fallible , as his dismal performance in that debate showed .
- 3. Because if silver teaches us anything , it 's that human judgment is fallible .
- 4. What 's most unsettling , however , is that we are completely ignorant of how fallible our perceptions are .
- 5. We are not final because we are in fallible but we are infallible only because we arefinal .