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Definition of fallible in English: fallibleadjective ˈfalɪb(ə)lˈfæləb(ə)l Capable of making mistakes or being wrong. 可能出错的；易出错的 专家也可能出错。 Example sentencesExamples - But we do the best we can in elections, with limited information and fallible judgment.
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr was also at times as fallible as the next human.
- No one could imagine Margaret Thatcher appearing on television to admit that she was fallible.
- How can you force such people to leave on the strength of a fallible weather forecast?
- Furthermore, one does not have to look far to see that their judgments are all too frequently fallible.
- There had been a moment when he looked fallible, when trying to reach for a Paul Millar free-kick.
- In order to savour the flashing returns and the artistic volleys, we must suffer the faltering second serve and the fallible forehand.
- On the previous time trial, he had been outclassed by Ullrich and suddenly looked fallible.
- It's easy to make him too perfect and aloof, but if he's too fallible then he's not Superman.
- Do we want a hero with universal vision, or would we prefer a fallible creature, confusing and confused?
- They now say that clinical trials are misused, abused, misleading, biased, and fallible.
- However, concern has also been expressed that existing security measures are fallible.
- But the expert rules are fallible, and there will always be false positives and false negatives.
- The point is we are all fallible: we all make choices every day that impact on our health, from eating junk food to having children.
- The state has no innate moral compass to guide it and the people who should be its guide are all too fallible.
- They are not ethereal beings but fallible, the same as the rest of us.
- This made no philosophical sense, because human justice is both finite and fallible.
- They are your weakest link; a constant reminder that you are human, fallible and getting older.
- We cannot prevent ourselves from falling ill, humans are too fallible, and we love doing things that damage us.
- DNA forensics is starting to reveal just how fallible eyewitness reports can be.
Synonyms error-prone, erring, errant, liable to err, prone to err, open to error imperfect, flawed, frail, weak
Derivativesadverb Contrary to what they believe, the public prefer their politicians fallibly human, rather than joyless teetotallers whose only addiction is to squash or golf. Example sentencesExamples - Why do we build up these spiritual blogstars and then cry foul when our idol turns out to be just as fallibly human as we are?
- King and Queen were absolute monarchs, yet fallibly human.
- Colour is solely an internal phenomenon, caused no doubt by something external, but neither fallibly nor infallibly representing it.
- The two filmmakers converge on questions of what defines us as fallibly human, even as they reach vastly different conclusions.
OriginLate Middle English: from medieval Latin fallibilis, from Latin fallere 'deceive'. Definition of fallible in US English: fallibleadjectiveˈfaləb(ə)lˈfæləb(ə)l Capable of making mistakes or being erroneous. 可能出错的；易出错的 专家也可能出错。 Example sentencesExamples - On the previous time trial, he had been outclassed by Ullrich and suddenly looked fallible.
- The point is we are all fallible: we all make choices every day that impact on our health, from eating junk food to having children.
- They now say that clinical trials are misused, abused, misleading, biased, and fallible.
- In order to savour the flashing returns and the artistic volleys, we must suffer the faltering second serve and the fallible forehand.
- Do we want a hero with universal vision, or would we prefer a fallible creature, confusing and confused?
- But the expert rules are fallible, and there will always be false positives and false negatives.
- There had been a moment when he looked fallible, when trying to reach for a Paul Millar free-kick.
- We cannot prevent ourselves from falling ill, humans are too fallible, and we love doing things that damage us.
- How can you force such people to leave on the strength of a fallible weather forecast?
- But we do the best we can in elections, with limited information and fallible judgment.
- They are your weakest link; a constant reminder that you are human, fallible and getting older.
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr was also at times as fallible as the next human.
- No one could imagine Margaret Thatcher appearing on television to admit that she was fallible.
- DNA forensics is starting to reveal just how fallible eyewitness reports can be.
- It's easy to make him too perfect and aloof, but if he's too fallible then he's not Superman.
- The state has no innate moral compass to guide it and the people who should be its guide are all too fallible.
- However, concern has also been expressed that existing security measures are fallible.
- They are not ethereal beings but fallible, the same as the rest of us.
- Furthermore, one does not have to look far to see that their judgments are all too frequently fallible.
- This made no philosophical sense, because human justice is both finite and fallible.
Synonyms error-prone, erring, errant, liable to err, prone to err, open to error
OriginLate Middle English: from medieval Latin fallibilis, from Latin fallere ‘deceive’. |