† failableadj.
Obsolete.
Liable to fail or give way; unreliable.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]
unsicker?c1225
uncertaina1382
unsadc1384
untristya1387
untrustya1387
unsurec1412
falliblec1425
slipperc1430
ficklea1450
frivol1488
slidder?a1500
casuala1535
slippery1548
slippy1548
failable1561
doubtful1562
lubricious1584
slope1587
queasy1589
unconfirmedc1592
nice1598
catching1603
loose1603
precary1606
ambiguous1612
treacherous1612
unsafe1615
unsureda1616
precarious1626
lubric1631
dubious1635
lubricous1646
unestablished1646
unfixed1654
unsecure?a1685
unreliable1810
unproven1836
untrustworthy1846
shady1848
wobbly1877
Kaffir1899
independable1921
dodgy1961
temperamental1962
1561 R. Eden in tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation Pref. sig. ¶.iijv Such signes are fayleable.
1576 G. Wapull Tyde taryeth no Man sig. F.iiijv It is a thing but fayleable and vayne.
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxv. 163 This [plan] was yet never failable to me since I found it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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