as in weakness
a defect in character
could tolerate my uncle's foibles because we loved him dearly
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Recent Examples of foible
From Albee and Amis to Russo and Jonas, trapping frustrated adults and barely-adults together is always a recipe for exploding characters’ egos and foibles.
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Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
If anything, human therapists, due to their human foibles, are less likely to give holistic mental health guidance due to purposely avoiding the friendship side.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Freakier Friday celebrates that and literalizes it, acknowledging the challenges acute to any age, as well as the foibles and perks of life's different seasons.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
In the hope of compensating for the noise, researchers have invented ways to bake some knowledge of the physical foibles of devices into their neural network models.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
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Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
If anything, human therapists, due to their human foibles, are less likely to give holistic mental health guidance due to purposely avoiding the friendship side.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Freakier Friday celebrates that and literalizes it, acknowledging the challenges acute to any age, as well as the foibles and perks of life's different seasons.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
In the hope of compensating for the noise, researchers have invented ways to bake some knowledge of the physical foibles of devices into their neural network models.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foible
Noun
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It could be argued that this trio of managers followed each other at United because their strengths answered the previous manager’s weaknesses.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The weakness was most pronounced on the goods-producing side of the economy.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While Netanyahu is ageing, his memory is not at fault here.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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So The Paper treats journalism as aspirational — Ned describes over-romanticizing as one of his main faults.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Before that season the Dolphins defense has produced 40 or more sacks every season since 2020, and that should be the baseline of what’s expected from this defensive front, which is supposed to mask the shortcomings in the secondary, which received a total makeover this offseason.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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The only initially noticeable shortcoming is a lack of buttons and dials for climate controls.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But after Davina publicly accuses Julia mid-labor of seducing Lord Lovat, the group of women suddenly turn on Julia, yelling at her to repent her sins and repeatedly questioning her about the paternity of her child.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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The film’s chief sin is its effortful posture of compassion for the plight of these boys, and those like them in the real world.—
Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Foible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foible. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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