adjective
fallible
FAL-uh-bul/ˈfæləbl/
Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
The misplaced stitch reminds the tailor that skilled people are fallible.
Etymology
The pieces literally suggest “capable of being deceived.” Someone who can be deceived can arrive at a mistaken judgment, connecting the original passive meaning with being liable to error.
In context
Like he's fallible and that applies to everybody in the film. Like, they're they're cool, but they also make mistakes and they get lost
More examples
- Human memory is fallible.
- She acknowledged that her judgment was fallible.
- The investigation depended on several fallible witnesses.
Forms
fallible
fallibility noun — the capacity to make mistakes
Similar words
- imperfect
- Imperfect lacks complete perfection; fallible specifically means capable of error.
- uncertain
- Uncertain lacks confidence or definite knowledge; a confident person can still be fallible.