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fallibility

/fal-uh-buhl/US // ˈfæl ə bəl //UK // (ˈfælɪbəl) //

易变性,错误性,漏洞百出,易变通

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
    • : liable to be erroneous or false; not accurate: fallible information.

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Examples

  • As a scientist, I can tell you their methods often are flawed and are easily subject to manipulation, making them highly fallible representations of reality.

  • Is a critique of church and of the broader fallibility of organized religion forthcoming?

  • But a little fallibility to seize on to would go a long way.

  • Yet when it comes to the most lethal of all consumer products, suddenly Congress becomes super-indulgent of industry fallibility.

  • The furor over the 47 percent remarks, the two debate losses, and much else--these aren't signs of his misjudgment or fallibility.

  • An air of impotence in a president—a perception of fallibility in a time of crisis—can be political death.

  • There is nothing that people generally abhor so much as a confession of fallibility.

  • But, among the well-established truths of which I never doubt, the fallibility of my own brain stands first.

  • While denying the infallibility of the writers of the Bible the author is not unconscious of his own fallibility.

  • The fallibility of all conclusions of such a sort, from such a circumstance, is too obvious to require instances.

  • We have the testimony of all history to prove the extreme fallibility of conscience.