Fallible \Fal"li*ble\, a. [LL. fallibilis, fr. L. fallere to
deceive: cf. F. faillible. See Fail.]
Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be
deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes
are fallible.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fallible
adj 1: likely to fail or be inaccurate; "everyone is fallible to
some degree" [ant: infallible]
2: having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine
beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity" [syn: frail,
imperfect, weak]
WordNet (r) 2.0
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "fallible":
adulterated, blemished, careless, damaged, defective, deficient,
errable, errant, erroneous, error-prone, faulty, found wanting,
heedless, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure,
inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, lacking,
liable to error, makeshift, mediocre, mixed, not perfect, off,
open to error, partial, patchy, short, sketchy, undeveloped,
uneven, unfinished, unperfected, unsound, unthorough, wanting
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
frail, imperfect, weak
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