ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsFfallible
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fallible
Meaning: capable of making mistakes or being wrong
fallible in a sentence
How fallible is used in real sentences:
Even the most careful historian is fallible when interpreting incomplete evidence.
The judge reminded the jury that expert witnesses are fallible.
“Because experts are fallible, however, even careful observers sometimes mistook scratches from excavation for anatomical features.”
— from the passage The Bone That Would Not Settle
Synonyms for fallible
Other words for fallible — imperfect, erring and mistaken — carry the same meaning.
- imperfect
- erring
- mistaken
Antonyms of fallible
Words that mean the opposite of fallible:
- infallible
- flawless
- unerring
Where it comes from
From Latin fallere, meaning 'to deceive or be mistaken.'
Memory hook
FALL-IBLE means able to fall into error: a fallible person can be wrong.