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Recent Examples of brittleness
While the field never went entirely dormant, the collapse of dedicated hardware, the brittleness of expert systems, and the failure of national mega-projects combined to bring about the second AI winter.
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Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
According to the Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials, prolonged exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays can weaken the hair shaft, leading to dryness, brittleness and breakage—similar to the damage caused by heat-styling tools.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
The brittleness that results from a papacy and church resistant to institutional reform make theological disputes all the more dangerous.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
According to the Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials, prolonged exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays can weaken the hair shaft, leading to dryness, brittleness and breakage—similar to the damage caused by heat-styling tools.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
The brittleness that results from a papacy and church resistant to institutional reform make theological disputes all the more dangerous.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brittleness
flimsiness
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Though Good Boy gets by for a while on the strength of its performances and the sheer oddness of its plot, the flimsiness of its characters drains the film of energy long before its 110 minutes are up.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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This decision throws Carrie’s flimsiness, as the lead character of a franchise three generations of women have absorbed into their own identities, into relief.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Brittleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brittleness. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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