fallible

«fallible» in Mova's school dictionary: able to make mistakes or be wrong — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (fallible, more fallible); noun fallibility; opposite infallible

meaning for a pupil

1) Fallible means able to make mistakes or be wrong. tree →

2) Fallible things, like memory or tests, are not always reliable. tree →

sense in the lessons

Ethics, science and growth-mindset lessons: everyone is fallible, so we check our work and accept others' mistakes. In science: even experts and machines are fallible. Phrases: all humans are fallible, fallible memory.

examples

• All people are fallible, even teachers. tree →
• Our memory is fallible, so we write things down. tree →
• Computers are fallible too when the data is wrong. tree →
• Being fallible is why we check our answers. tree →
• The detective knew eyewitnesses are fallible. tree →
• Admitting you are fallible is a sign of good sense. tree →

note

Opposite infallible (never wrong). Spelling: fall-I-ble. In some churches, Catholics believe the Pope is infallible only in special formal teachings — not in everything.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fallible» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.