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
Every person and system is fallible, but there’s no substitute for instinct — can a robot achieve that kind of intelligence?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
Yet, the images that we’re left with encourage us to check in, over and over again, as this crazy show keeps us contemplating what it is to be fallible humans.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025
He had no right to be fallible, and he knew it.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing fallible
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