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fallibility

[fal-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌfæl əˈbɪl ɪ ti /
NOUN
imperfection
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Instead, “Confessions II” is Madonna’s message of what it means to be an artist, a mother and a woman — someone whose fallibility makes her human.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

But the steady stream of bad choices emerging from Platner’s record goes beyond what voters might excuse as normal human fallibility.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

And you can hardly hold against him McLaren's fallibility in Miami, or the issue with Russell's engine in Montreal.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

John Ioannidis’s famous 2005 paper, “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False,” remains disturbing because its basic insight about the fallibility of medical research remains true.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

There is another protozoan, called blepharisma, telling a long story about the chanciness and fallibility of complex life.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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