fallible
Prone to mistakes
Fallible means capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
The word usually describes people or their judgment: Even experts are fallible.
Institutions and systems can also be fallible: a fallible memory, fallible methods.
The opposite is infallible—incapable of error, though that's often an overstatement.
Subject to death
- errantDeviating from proper course
- frailWeak and breakable
- limitedRestricted in extent
- imperfectHaving flaws or faults
weak · finite · flawed · prone · susceptible · corrigible · earthbound · carnal
Not consistently performing
- inaccurateNot correct or precise
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
- miscalculatingFiguring something incorrectly
misjudging · blundering · erring · slipping · fumbling · bungling · careless · negligent
Uncertain of truth
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
- undependableNot consistently trustworthy
speculative · tentative · provisional · unsure · unconvincing · debatable · disputable · contestable
Out in open
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- corruptibleAble to be bought
- assailableOpen to attack
- penetrableCapable of being pierced
vincible · challengeable · refutable · questionable · shakeable · undermined · weakened · compromised
mortal
Subject to death
imperfect · weak · finite · flawed · prone · susceptible · corrigible · earthbound · carnal · temporal
unreliable
Not consistently performing
- inaccurateNot correct or precise
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
miscalculating · misjudging · blundering · erring · slipping · fumbling · bungling · careless · negligent · sloppy
doubtful
Uncertain of truth
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
undependable · speculative · tentative · provisional · unsure · unconvincing · debatable · disputable · contestable · unverified
exposed
Out in open
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- corruptibleAble to be bought
- assailableOpen to attack
penetrable · vincible · challengeable · refutable · questionable · shakeable · undermined · weakened · compromised · imperiled
- error-pronefaulty, flawed, defective, accident-prone
fallibleinfallible
Incapable of being wrong
unerring · inerrant · unfailing · error-free · foolproof
falliblereliable
Consistently performing as expected
dependable · unfailing · foolproof · unimpeachable · sure
fallibledivine
Of or from gods
omniscient · superhuman · godlike · perfect · all-knowing
- human fallibilityTendency to make mistakes
infallible, fallibility, infallibly, infallibility, fallibly, fallibilities