brittleness

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Brittleness is the inability of a system to cope with surprises, and, as we apply computers to situations that are ever more interconnected and layered, our systems are confounded by ever more surprises.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018

Brittleness is a defect which frequently accompanies hardness, particularly in coarse-grained stones; it prevents them from being worked to a true surface, and from receiving a smooth edge at the angles.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham

Brittleness is caused by carrying the drying process too far, or by using too high temperatures.

From Seasoning of Wood by Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard)

Brittleness has given place to pliability, but the pens are black in color and scratch at the point, and to remedy this defect they are subjected to the next process—scouring.

From The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens With a Description of the Manufacturing Process by Which They Are Produced by Bore, Henry

Brittleness -- N. brittleness &c. adj.; fragility, friability, frangibility, fissibility†; house of cards, house of glass.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark