human error
noun
: a person's mistake rather than on the failure of a machine
The accident was blamed on human error.
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Red Eléctrica, the public company in charge of operating Spain’s transmission infrastructure, has preliminarily ruled out a cyberattack, human error, or unusual weather or atmospheric conditions as a cause of the outage.
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Fernanda González, Wired News, 1 May 2025
By learning from historical data and classification patterns, AI can help reduce human error, speed up the classification process, and handle enormous product catalogs with ease.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
They were only given a week to examine thousands of documents, and human error came into play due to the condensed timeline.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The company said the improper labeling was a result of human error in the labeling and packaging department.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Fernanda González, Wired News, 1 May 2025
By learning from historical data and classification patterns, AI can help reduce human error, speed up the classification process, and handle enormous product catalogs with ease.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
They were only given a week to examine thousands of documents, and human error came into play due to the condensed timeline.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The company said the improper labeling was a result of human error in the labeling and packaging department.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for human error
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“Human error.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20error. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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