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You'll find this word showing up in discussions of eyewitness testimony at crime scenes, of lie detectors, and of critical airplane parts. Some of us are most familiar with the fallibility of memory, especially when we remember something clearly that turns out never to have happened. Being fallible is part of being human, and sometimes the biggest errors are made by those who are thought of as the most brilliant of all.
Examples of fallibility in a Sentence
Gregory D. Koblentz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
The Lost City Paramount+ Magnolia Year: 1999 Runtime: 3h 8m
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson’s character study is one of the beloved auteur’s best works, a study of the interconnectivity of modern life and the fallibility of human relationships.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 11 June 2024
This fallibility can potentially affect the results of experiments.
—Luke Caldwell, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Blame and guilt ripple through the hospital, pushing Alexandra to confront her own fallibility and the profound repercussions of medical errors.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Fallibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallibility. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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