ADJECTIVE | all | fallible | likely to fail or make errors |
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all | fallible, frail, imperfect, weak | wanting in moral strength, courage, or will |
Sounds | fae'lahbahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | likely to fail or make errors. | |
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Example | "everyone is fallible to some degree" | |
Narrower | errant | straying / straying from the right course or from accepted standards |
erring, error-prone | capable of making an error | |
undependable, unreliable | liable to be erroneous or misleading | |
weak | likely to fail under stress or pressure | |
Opposite | infallible | incapable of failure or error |
Spanish | falible | |
Catalan | fal·lible | |
Nouns | fallibility | the likelihood of making errors |
Meaning | Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings. | |
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Example | "I'm only a fallible human" | |
Synonyms | frail, imperfect, weak | |
Broader | human | Having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings |
Spanish | débil, falible, frágil, imperfecto | |
Catalan | dèbil, fal·lible, frágil, imperfecte |
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