as in imperfect
capable of making mistakes or being wrong
She was a perfectionist who failed to realize that humans are inherently fallible.
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Recent Examples of fallible
This teaser nips that in the bud right away, showing that Superman is very much physically fallible.
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Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
While reproducibility is important, research that is incorrect, fallible and sometimes harmful can still be reproducible.
—Amanda Kay Montoya, The Conversation, 17 July 2025
People’s memories are fleeting and fallible, but GenAI can recall and polish our thinking, bringing our best selves to any conversation, analysis or recommendation.
—John Schneider, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Credit cards use sophisticated but fallible fraud detection algorithms to pick up any problematic charges.
—Christopher Elliott The Travel Troubleshooter, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2025
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Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
While reproducibility is important, research that is incorrect, fallible and sometimes harmful can still be reproducible.
—Amanda Kay Montoya, The Conversation, 17 July 2025
People’s memories are fleeting and fallible, but GenAI can recall and polish our thinking, bringing our best selves to any conversation, analysis or recommendation.
—John Schneider, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Credit cards use sophisticated but fallible fraud detection algorithms to pick up any problematic charges.
—Christopher Elliott The Travel Troubleshooter, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallible
Adjective
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Plus, this change can’t come soon enough, with a population of aging Baby Boomers and higher life expectancies adding even more pressure to an imperfect system.—
Don Murray,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Such recent works are, in other words, memoirs of ambivalence, in which imperfect narrators don’t overcome impairment but learn to coexist with it, however uneasily.—
Sophia Stewart,
The Atlantic,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This means knowing that AI has a purpose and a set of rules, and that it can be biased or flawed.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Clear the Air in Havering, a local campaign organization, took it to court, arguing its decision relied on flawed air pollution data and overlooked the spikes seen on fire days.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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That leads estate planners to recommend to some clients an intentionally defective grantor trust (IDGT).—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The parts planning team, which uses a separate system with different data, mistakenly orders a big batch of the now defective parts before getting the update.—
Sean O'Neill,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Fallible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallible. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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