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more fragile

ADJECTIVE

breakable, dainty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate feeble frail weak

WEAK

brittle crisp crumbly decrepit fine flimsy fracturable frangible friable infirm insubstantial shatterable shivery slight unsound weakly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able firm healthy strong

WEAK

durable tough unbreakable

Example Sentences

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—Eurozone yields fall by more than their U.S. peers due to a more fragile eurozone economic outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The chips sector may not have peaked yet, but the run is looking more fragile.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Without land-enabled capabilities, distributed air operations become harder to protect, maritime forces lose logistical depth, and alliance access becomes more fragile.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

He warned the current crisis could make airports even more fragile and threaten local communities, potentially impacting European cohesion.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

People believed that pregnant women were more fragile than we now know they are.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson