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3/5/15

Fallible

Fallible

<fahl-lah-bul>


flawed; imperfect; unreliable;

being prone to errors or failure.


The fallible umbrella let me down. I always got wet.


Memory trick:
fallible reminds of fail able or able to fail.



Used at work:
I better save a backup. My computer is fallible.





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