CEFR C1

fallible

Translation

誤りを犯しうる / 完全ではない / 間違える可能性がある

Meaning

Fallible means capable of making mistakes or being wrong. It is often used about people, judgment, memory, experts, and institutions. The trap is confusing fallible with fallacious: people are fallible; arguments are fallacious.

Examples

  • 専門家でさえ誤りを犯しうる存在です。
    Even experts are fallible.
  • 目撃者の記憶は誤りを含みうるため、慎重に扱う必要があります。
    Eyewitness memory is fallible and must be treated carefully.