failable

English

Etymology

From fail +‎ -able.

Adjective

failable (comparative more failable, superlative most failable)

1. Capable of failing or becoming exhausted.
   • 1682, John Flavel, Preparations for Sufferings, or the Best Work in the Worst Times:

     He must not depend on any thing that is failable; for what shall he do then, when that stock is spent, and he hath no provision left to live upon?

Related terms

• fallible