defettibile

Meaning

fallible (capable of fault)

Concepts

defectible

imperfect

unperfect

Synonyms

imperfetto

Translations

imperfecte

imperfet

unvollkommen

défectueux

imparfait

onvoltooid

imperfècte

imperfièit

imperfièch

imperfeito

imperfecto

pretérito imperfecto

Hyphenated as

de‧fet‧tì‧bi‧le

Pronounced as (IPA)

/de.fetˈti.bi.le/

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin dēfectibilis, derived from Classical Latin dēfectus (“fault; weakness”) + -bilis (“-able, subject to”, adjectival suffix).