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

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

From Los Angeles Times

Djokovic had the chance to go a double break up in the following game but, in a rare moment of fallibility, instead missed a straightforward volley before Sinner held with an ace.

From BBC

The women on Team USA are athletes, not wizards or magicians, bound by the same rules of physics, age, experience, human fallibility and questionable coaching as their male peers.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• frailty