fallible

(făl'ə-bəl)
adj.

1. Capable of making an error: Humans are only fallible.
2. Tending or likely to be erroneous: fallible hypotheses.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin fallibilis, from Latin fallere, to deceive.]

fallibility fal'li·bil'i·ty or fal'li·ble·ness n.
fallibly fal'li·bly adv.

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adj

Definition: able, prone to err
Antonyms: certain, correct, definite, infallible, perfect, reliable, strong, sure, unerring

For a list of words related to fallible, see:

• Stupid, Ignorant, or Confused
• Ordinary, Dull, Plain, or Banal

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fejlbarlig, som kan være behæftet med fejl

Nederlands (Dutch)
feilbaar

Français (French)
adj. - faillible

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fehlbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σφαλερός, που κάνει λάθη

Italiano (Italian)
fallibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - falível

Русский (Russian)
подверженный ошибкам, не исключающий ошибки

Español (Spanish)
adj. - falible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ofullkomlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易错的, 可能犯错的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易錯的, 可能犯錯的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 실수하기 쉬운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 誤りに陥りがちな, 誤りを免れない, 誤りやすい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عرضه للخطأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עלול לטעות‬

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