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fallible | err |

As an adjective fallible

is capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

As a verb err is

to make a mistake.

fallible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

    • Related terms

    * fail * fallacious * fallacy * fallibilist * fallibilism * fallibility

    Synonyms

    * faultful * imperfect

    Antonyms

    * faultless * infallible * perfect

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    err

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a mistake.
  • * '>citation
    • Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
  • To sin.
  • (archaic) to stray.

    • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * err on the side of * err on the side of caution * erroneous * error * to err is human