fallibility

[ fal-uh-bil-i-tee ]

noun

1. liability to be deceived or mistaken:

   Many leaders fail to grasp that admissions of fallibility and uncertainty are actually signs of strength.

2. liability to be inaccurate or false, or to fall short of expectations:

   Banks are hoping to get a new card system up and running before the fallibility of the old one becomes public.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fallibility¹

fall(ible) ( def ) + -ibility ( def )

Example Sentences

It’s one that takes the form of three streaming series dedicated to revealing the designers behind the clothes; to stripping off the masks of the monstres sacrés and exposing them in all their human fallibility.

From New York Times

"One of the things we found is the surprising fallibility of these models," said Collins.

From Science Daily

This was in 2015, part of an essential literary reconnaissance mission for O’Neill, who was at work on a sprawling tale of an adrift but brilliant man, an athletic prodigy and the fallibility of human consensus.

From New York Times

Doctors need to know that history to understand their own moral fallibility, Hildebrandt said.

From Los Angeles Times

Over the last week, the San Diego Padres, the Washington Nationals and the Mets each came to town, each took two of three games at Chavez Ravine, and each exposed the Dodgers’ underlying fallibility ever more glaringly.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• frailty