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fallible

adjective

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Capable of making mistakes.

Even a skilled translator is fallible.
Dictionary practice example.
Another visitor offered a fallacious argument: because the drawing was attractive, it must have been made by the famous illustrator. The archivist explained that an attractive result did not identify its maker, and that knowledgeable observers were still fallible.
From A Claim Worth Believing.
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