human fallibility
Example Sentences
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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
Resigned to the privileged childishness of her dominant lover, the narrator comes to a clearer understanding of her own human fallibility.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023
“People make mistakes, but human mistakes don’t always have to be lethal. In a well-designed system, safety measures make sure that human fallibility does not lead to human fatalities,” Buttigieg said Tuesday in a statement.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2022
Given human fallibility and the inevitable imperfections of information, institutions, like people, should not be judged by the standard of perfection.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2019
Our hope is that by a set of ten simple, straightforward laws, we can avoid the pitfalls of human fallibility.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
