fallible

Example Sentences

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Clemency used to be a consistent failsafe for an often fallible system.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Stick shifts are also slower than their auto-shifted counterparts from 0-60 mph—due to the fleshy, fallible widgets sitting in the driver’s seat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

So long as human bodies are fallible to disease, we will need labs studying viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites to see which ones could cause major problems.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

There is perhaps no harm in title-challenging sides who are on long winning runs being reminded that they are fallible.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Since then, the claims of the postmodernists notwithstanding, we have learnt to develop reliable knowledge, even though we as human beings have continued to be as fallible as ever.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton