Antonyms for fallible


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fal-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæl ə bəl


Definition of fallible

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Medieval Latin fallibilis "liable to err, deceitful." literally "that can be deceived," from Latin fallere "deceive" (see fail).
  • adj able or prone to err
Example sentences :
  • It may be fallible, often it is and, in our scheme of things, what is there that is not?
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Hearing is one of the senses, and all the senses are fallible.
  • Extract from : « The Comedies of William Congreve » by William Congreve
  • There may be much of what is fallible and human with what is truthful and divine.
  • Extract from : « The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern » by Knowles King
  • So that, if anxious as he who is human and fallible must ever be, I am nevertheless happy and contented.
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • All our knowledge, again, supposes memory which is fallible.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. » by Sir Leslie Stephen
  • Fallible and frail, a bit of pulsating, jelly-like life—it is all I am.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London
  • Revelation, however, here comes in, and sustains the fallible conjectures of our unassisted reason.
  • Extract from : « A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. » by William Wilberforce
  • Human judgment and human justice are for ever fallible, and rough expedients at best.
  • Extract from : « 'Murphy' » by Major Gambier-Parry
  • They were men like ourselves—as fallible, as sinful, as weak as ourselves.
  • Extract from : « Abolitionism Exposed! » by W. W. Sleigh
  • But needless to insist, the generality and the organization are restricted and fallible.
  • Extract from : « Reconstruction in Philosophy » by John Dewey

Synonyms for fallible

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