fallibleadjective
uk/ˈfæl.ə.bəl/us/ˈfæl.ə.bəl/able or likely to make mistakes:
We place our trust in doctors, but they are fallible like everyone else.
A fallible object or system is likely not to work in a satisfactory way:
This method is more fallible than most because it depends on careful and accurate timing.
Opposite
infallible
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- ebb
- faint
- indefensible
- lax
- limp
- malleable
- man of straw
- susceptible
- toothless
- totter
- underbelly
- unprotected
- unsteady
- vulnerable
- wraith
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fallibility
noun [ U ] uk/ˌfæl.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌfæl.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
The play deals with the fallibility of human nature.