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

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s also a risk of human error or bias, particularly if transcribers are not adequately trained in legal or technical language. —Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025

Garcia told The Times that the problems in Altadena appeared to be due to human error, rather than technical errors with emergency alert software. —Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025

An investigative documentary about preventable human error in commercial-airline crashes. —Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 May 2025

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. —Fernanda González, Wired News, 1 May 2025

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