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Fallibility

Noun CEFR C1
fæləˈbɪləti

Definitions

  1. The state of being prone to error.
  2. An error-generating characteristic.

Equivalents

Españolfalibilidad
Françaisfaillibilité
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Examples

“...they had a damnably suggestive power which was intensified by the fact of their being genuine photographs—actual optical links with what they portrayed, and the product of an impersonal transmitting process⟳ without prejudice, fallibility, or mendacity.”
“Dr. Anne Armstrong-Coben has provided a spot-on description of the fallibilities of the electronic medical record⟳ from the standpoint of the doctor-patient encounter.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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