Fallibility

//fæləˈbɪləti// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being prone to error. countable, uncountable

    "...they had a damnably suggestive power which was intensified by the fact of their being genuine photographs—actual optical links with what they portrayed, and the product of an impersonal transmitting process without prejudice, fallibility, or mendacity."

  2. 2
    the likelihood of making errors wordnet
  3. 3
    An error-generating characteristic. countable

    "Dr. Anne Armstrong-Coben has provided a spot-on description of the fallibilities of the electronic medical record from the standpoint of the doctor-patient encounter."

Synonyms

All synonyms
deficiencyerrancyfrailtyimmaturityimpairmentimperfection

Example

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"Tom is the perfect hero incarnate; Björn Eriksson, his companion, whose mistakes and fallibility show him to be a far more human and realistic character, makes him shine all the more."

Etymology

From fallible + -ity.

Related phrases

prone to

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