fallible

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Bentley leveled the playing field by creating a fallible detective against whom the reader could compete.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Director Marc Munden says he hopes those watching the new series get an understanding of how things can "go badly wrong" and how fallible people can be.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Such struggles are reminders of how the Dodgers remain fallible in their pursuit of another World Series.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2025

Montaigne, too, was right—right to think that the men and women of his day were hopelessly fallible when it came to understanding the world.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton