fallible
capable of making mistakes
Roots
- -able / -ible: able to be, fit to be, or worthy of
- fallac / fallax: deceptive, misleading, or false-seeming
Other words with the fallac / fallax root
- fallacious: misleading or based on false reasoning
- fallaciously: in a misleading or logically false way
- fallacy: a mistaken or misleading argument
- false: not true
Fallible belongs near the false and fallacy family: a fallible person can be wrong.
Even careful experts are fallible when the evidence is thin.
Fallible does not mean foolish. It means capable of error: the mind can slip, misjudge, or be misled.