fallible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

/ˈfal.ɪ.bəl/ [ˈfal.ɪ.bl̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fallible.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Usmaan (Middle river exports)-fallible.wav /ˈfæl.ə.bəl/ [ˈfæl.ə.bl̩]

fallible more fallible most fallible

From Middle English fallible, from Medieval Latin fallibilis (“liable to err, also deceitful”), from Latin fallere (“to deceive”).

defective faulty faultful imperfect

perfect infallible

fail fallacious fallacy fallibilism fallibilist fallibility

fallibleness fallibly nonfallible unfallible

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