Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being fallible; liableness to deceive or to be deceived: as, the fallibility of an argument, of reasoning, or of a person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
prone to error. - noun countable An error-generating characteristic.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the likelihood of making errors
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bibliophile Bullpen: I believe in fallibility* skip to main | skip to sidebar
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If the idea of our fallibility is so hard to take, what makes it appealing?
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These would neither exclude the idea of fallibility among Israelites of old, nor teach us to quench the Spirit in true hearts for ever.
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That said, I do recognize your issue and how it relates to Bert's view of "fallibility" of choice.
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That said, I do recognize your issue and how it relates to Bert's view of "fallibility" of choice.
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He did not like the having to go and tell of a love affair so soon after he had declared his belief that no such thing existed; it was a confession of fallibility which is distasteful to most men.
Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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One hundred EVM samples from 10 states were selected randomly to establish their alleged "fallibility".
The Times of India 2010
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If history has revealed our fallibility, it has also proven we can correct our mistakes.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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If history has revealed our fallibility, it has also proven we can correct our mistakes.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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If history has revealed our fallibility, it has also proven we can correct our mistakes.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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