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
Still, cotton mixing during processing is common, with such certifications highly fallible to errors and fraud.
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Brooke Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
However, human capabilities, like making moral judgments, and using
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AI’s rapid advancement has ignited enthusiasm about its potential to revolutionize corporate decision-making by substituting for expensive, fallible humans.
—Martin Reeves, Harvard Business Review, 11 Dec. 2024
That being said, there are signs that such an approach is fallible.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
But Ullmark looked fallible in his last two starts for the Sens, allowing four goals in each game against Montreal and Colorado, respectively.
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
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Brooke Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
However, human capabilities, like making moral judgments, and using
...
Post
AI’s rapid advancement has ignited enthusiasm about its potential to revolutionize corporate decision-making by substituting for expensive, fallible humans.
—Martin Reeves, Harvard Business Review, 11 Dec. 2024
That being said, there are signs that such an approach is fallible.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
But Ullmark looked fallible in his last two starts for the Sens, allowing four goals in each game against Montreal and Colorado, respectively.
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallible
Adjective
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Will Elio then, despite the thrills he’s enjoyed in space, come to a better understanding of the real if imperfect love that Olga has been offering him from Earth all along?—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2025
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Many Americans saw the base redesignations as the camel’s nose under the tent in the left’s goal to throw down Washington, Jefferson, and everything else that is great, and yet imperfect, in our American past.—
The Editors,
National Review,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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The second time around, Read's lawyers argued that the police investigation was so flawed and biased that prosecutors couldn't even prove Read had hit O'Keefe with her car.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
18 June 2025
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Missing key information leads to flawed decisions and signals that your perspective matters more than others'.—
Anna Barnhill,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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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 30 Jun. 2025.
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