fallible

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Humans are more fallible than computers, not less.

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Quick take

likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fallible gathered in one view.

adjective

likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"

adjective

wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fallible.

adjective

likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"

adjective

wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

Example sentences

Humans are more fallible than computers, not less.

But it's there and it's a standard for shit that matters because humans are fallible.

Too much power for supremely fallible human beings.

I don't expect the former to happen 100% of the time -- we are fallible humans -- but when it doesn't, I do expect the latter.

Sure it fails from time to time, but that is just because it is compromised of humans, who are awesome but fallible creatures.

It's pretty clear from the second-to-last paragraph that Gruber understands that Jobs was a fallible human being.

I prefer Satoshi being an anonymous techie than a fallible human.

Sysops and DBAs are fallible too--I've seen a lot of old school shops that relied heavily on manual migration and configuration.

There's a damn good reason why they teach the system of fallible humans and interlocking governmental checks and balances to every ten-year-old child in social studies class.

Even the smartest, most generalizable ideas right now, like cancer vaccines, depend on your immune system to make the final push, and the immune system is just as fallible as any other organ system.