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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fallible \Fal"li*ble\, adjective [LL. fallibilis, fr. L. fallere to deceive: cf. F. faillible. See {Fail}.] Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fallible
adjective
1: likely to fail or be inaccurate; "everyone is fallible to some degree" [ant: {infallible}]
2: having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity" [syn: {frail}, {imperfect}, {weak}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "fallible": adulterated, blemished, careless, damaged, defective, deficient, errable, errant, erroneous, error-prone, faulty, found wanting, heedless, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, lacking, liable to error, makeshift, mediocre, mixed, not perfect, off, open to error, partial, patchy, short, sketchy, undeveloped, uneven, unfinished, unperfected, unsound, unthorough, wanting
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