Fallible (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The CEO's admission that he was fallible and had made mistakes helped to humanize him in the eyes of his employees.
- As a fallible human being, she was bound to make mistakes, but her willingness to learn from them was admirable.
- The fact that even the most experienced surgeons are fallible is a sobering reminder of the risks involved in any medical procedure.
- No one is immune to errors, and recognizing that we are all fallible is the first step towards improving our performance.
- Despite his reputation for infallibility, the chess grandmaster was fallible and had been known to make the occasional blunder.