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noun
The state of being prone to error.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An error-generating characteristic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the likelihood of making errors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: infallibility
Broader terms: undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness
Narrower terms: errancy
History
Etymology tree English fallible Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fallibility From fallible + -ity.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
