human error

noun

: a person's mistake rather than on the failure of a machine
The accident was blamed on human error.

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Then human error on the back end of that loop, not cross-referencing it. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 29 July 2026 The problem may be human error or bad luck, not a vengeful god. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Managing a standard wedding or a commercial project requires a level of oversight that a manual system, prone to human error, can often struggle with. — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 17 July 2026 The core of the problem likely lay not in any issues with materials, Iskander says, but in human error. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for human error

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“Human error.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20error. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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