Definition of human error
:a person's mistake rather than on the failure of a machine
- The accident was blamed on human error.
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human
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: consisting of humans
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: having human form or attributes
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: a bipedal primate mammal (Homo sapiens) : a person : man
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error
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: an act or condition of ignorant or imprudent deviation from a code of behavior
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: an act involving an unintentional deviation from truth or accuracy
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: an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done : such as
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