fallible

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈfal.ɪ.bəl/(UK)
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/ˈfal.ɪ.bəl/(UK) · [ˈfal.ɪ.bl̩](UK) · /ˈfæl.ə.bəl/(US) · [ˈfæl.ə.bl̩](US)

Definition of fallible

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
    “prove fallible”
    “recognize as fallible”
    “Even the best doctors are fallible.”
    “He admitted he was fallible like anyone else.”
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adj

  1. Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
    “prove fallible”
    “recognize as fallible”
    “Even the best doctors are fallible.”
    “He admitted he was fallible like anyone else.”
  2. Capable of failure.

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Etymology

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

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