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fragile

Definition for fragile

adjective as in breakable, dainty

Strongest matches

brittle, delicate, feeble, flimsy, frail, frangible, infirm, shatterable, weak

Weak matches

crisp, crumbly, decrepit, fine, fracturable, friable, insubstantial, shivery, slight, unsound, weakly

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Example Sentences

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West Horsley Place Trust is an independent charity caring for a fragile heritage estate.

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Here, there’s only a poignantly egoless transparency, exposing the lyricist’s personal flaws — his drunkenness, his arrogance — while capturing the fragile soulfulness that made those Rodgers and Hart tunes sing.

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To be sure, leading economists aren’t predicting a recession this year, and fears of a global war have eased after the fragile truce between Israel and Palestine.

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The city reminds us daily that permanence is fragile.

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It has rocked the fragile tariffs truce with the US.

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