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fallible


 
  Overview  of  adj  fallible 
 
  The  adj  fallible  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fallible  --  (likely  to  fail  or  be  inaccurate;  "everyone  is  fallible  to  some  degree") 
  2.  fallible,  frail,  imperfect,  weak  --  (having  the  attributes  of  man  as  opposed  to  e.g.  divine  beings;  "I'm  only  human";  "frail  humanity") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  fallible 
 
  2  senses  of  fallible 
 
  Sense  1 
  fallible  (vs.  infallible) 
 
  infallible  (vs.  fallible) 
  =>  foolproof,  unfailing 
  =>  inerrable,  inerrant,  unerring 
 
  Sense  2 
  fallible,  frail,  imperfect,  weak 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  human)  ->  nonhuman 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  fallible 
 
  2  senses  of  fallible 
 
  Sense  1 
  fallible  (vs.  infallible) 
  =>  errant,  erring,  error-prone 
  =>  undependable,  unreliable 
 
  Sense  2 
  fallible,  frail,  imperfect,  weak 
  =>  human  (vs.  nonhuman) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  fallible 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  fallible 
 
  fallible  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  fallible 
  fallible 
  infallible 
 
  Overview  of  adj  fallible 
 
  The  adj  fallible  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fallible  --  (likely  to  fail  or  be  inaccurate;  "everyone  is  fallible  to  some  degree") 
  2.  fallible,  frail,  imperfect,  weak  --  (having  the  attributes  of  man  as  opposed  to  e.g.  divine  beings;  "I'm  only  human";  "frail  humanity") 



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