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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Quite often, imperfect games like Lost Planet 2 age more gracefully than polished crowd-pleasers.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
27 June 2025
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Nobody admits that all this activity serves as cover for avoiding the work that scares us: making real decisions, shipping imperfect products, having difficult conversations.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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His main opponent in the primary was a deeply flawed yet mainstream candidate.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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This character of Michelle was so juicy (laughs) and so flawed.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
27 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 14 Jul. 2025.
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