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noun
- 1. the quality of being easily broken or damaged: "osteoporosis is characterized by bone fragility" Similar Opposite
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FRAGILITY definition: 1. the quality of being easily damaged or broken: 2. the quality of being easily harmed or…. Learn more.
The meaning of FRAGILE is easily broken or destroyed. How to use fragile in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fragile.
Fragility is a state of being delicate or breakable. The fragility of your grandmother's juice glasses might make you nervous about taking even one sip. An object's fragility makes it likely to get broken or damaged, and a person's fragility means that he's not physically strong.
easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail. a fragile ceramic container. a very fragile alliance. 2. vulnerably delicate, as in appearance. She has a fragile beauty. 3. lacking in substance or force; flimsy. a fragile excuse.
FRAGILE definition: 1. A fragile object is easily damaged or broken: 2. easily destroyed, ended, or made to fail: 3…. Learn more.
the fact of being weak and uncertain; the fact of being easy to destroy or harm. There was an air of fragility about him. the fragility of the economy. financial/emotional fragility. Want to learn more?
1. Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed. 2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate: a fragile personality. 3. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy: a fragile claim to fame. [French, from Old French, from Latin fragilis, from frangere, frag-, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.] frag′ile·ly adv.
Fragility definition: The condition or quality of being fragile ; brittleness ; frangibility .
frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance. vulnerably delicate, as in appearance: She has a fragile beauty. lacking in substance or force; flimsy: a fragile excuse.
Fragility, according to the OECD, is the combination of exposure to risk and insufficient coping capacities of the state, system and/or communities to manage, absorb or mitigate those risks. It occurs in a spectrum of intensity across six dimensions: economic, environmental, human, political, security and societal."
