Fallible

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fallible \Fal"li*ble\, a. [LL. fallibilis, fr. L. fallere to
     deceive: cf. F. faillible. See {Fail}.]
     Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be
     deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes
     are fallible.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fallible
       adj 1: likely to fail or be inaccurate; "everyone is fallible to
              some degree" [ant: {infallible}]
       2: having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine
          beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity" [syn: {frail},
          {imperfect}, {weak}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "fallible":
     adulterated, blemished, careless, damaged, defective, deficient,
     errable, errant, erroneous, error-prone, faulty, found wanting,
     heedless, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure,
     inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, lacking,
     liable to error, makeshift, mediocre, mixed, not perfect, off,
     open to error, partial, patchy, short, sketchy, undeveloped,
     uneven, unfinished, unperfected, unsound, unthorough, wanting