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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Satellite transmission is limited by infrastructure, and manual transfer methods are subject to human error.
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Srinivas Shekar, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Modern voting machines reduce human error, increase accessibility and speed up the vote count.
—Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
With the damages from cybercrime growing ($16 billion in U.S. damages in 2024 alone), human error remains the leading cause of breaches—but also the greatest opportunity for improvement.
—Harvard Business Review, 24 June 2025
Being profoundly disabled at age 37 due to human error...And an error that never offered compensation for all of us who had their lives ruined by it.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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Srinivas Shekar, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Modern voting machines reduce human error, increase accessibility and speed up the vote count.
—Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
With the damages from cybercrime growing ($16 billion in U.S. damages in 2024 alone), human error remains the leading cause of breaches—but also the greatest opportunity for improvement.
—Harvard Business Review, 24 June 2025
Being profoundly disabled at age 37 due to human error...And an error that never offered compensation for all of us who had their lives ruined by it.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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“Human error.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20error. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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