human error

noun

: a person's mistake rather than on the failure of a machine
The accident was blamed on human error.

Examples of human error in a Sentence

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“Human error.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20error. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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