as in imperfect
capable of making mistakes or being wrong
She was a perfectionist who failed to realize that humans are inherently fallible.
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Recent Examples of fallible
And democracy is incredibly fallible with a bunch of fallible people.
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Sean Illing, Vox, 1 Feb. 2025
Government is as fallible as the people who run it.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025
Although guided by Judeo-Christian principles, these men composed a fallible document, inspired not by the divine but by human beings.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
For the first time since Arne Slot’s arrival, Liverpool have looked fallible in recent weeks.
—Darren Richman, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
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Sean Illing, Vox, 1 Feb. 2025
Government is as fallible as the people who run it.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025
Although guided by Judeo-Christian principles, these men composed a fallible document, inspired not by the divine but by human beings.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
For the first time since Arne Slot’s arrival, Liverpool have looked fallible in recent weeks.
—Darren Richman, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallible
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Interest has risen in wild, imperfect lawn alternatives, including tapestry lawns, made up of low-growing and colorful plants that require little or no mowing (up 16%), and no-mow meadows of native grasses (up 12%).—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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This approval—for Tesla’s imperfect $99-a-month technology and other AV systems—could come as early as next year.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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State auditors later concluded in October 2017 that the district, under Woodard’s leadership, had not only improperly authorized charter schools outside its boundaries but had conducted flawed oversight and reviews of charter petitions.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Even flawed testing provides valuable information — including how tests might be better written.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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That leads estate planners to recommend to some clients an intentionally defective grantor trust (IDGT).—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The parts planning team, which uses a separate system with different data, mistakenly orders a big batch of the now defective parts before getting the update.—
Sean O'Neill,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Fallible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallible. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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