1
as in delicate
easily broken
attaching the beautiful but fragile ornaments to the Christmas tree is always a touchy operation
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as in sensitive
easily injured without careful handling
babies are fragile, so remember to care for them gently
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as in small
small in degree
a fragile possibility that we might emerge from this fiasco unscathed
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Recent Examples of fragile
Diplomatic channels between Washington and Tehran remain fragile, and both sides have confirmed that no new negotiations are scheduled.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
The condition causes fragile, blistering skin.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
The trouble is, trout are particularly fragile.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
That could lead to soft robots that wriggle through tight spaces with lifelike agility, surgical tools that bend and flex inside the body, or gentle grippers that can manipulate fragile objects without breaking them.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2025
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
The condition causes fragile, blistering skin.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
The trouble is, trout are particularly fragile.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
That could lead to soft robots that wriggle through tight spaces with lifelike agility, surgical tools that bend and flex inside the body, or gentle grippers that can manipulate fragile objects without breaking them.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragile
Adjective
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Lily Allen strikes a pose in a delicate lace outfit on the carpet at 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The idea worked on paper, but in practice, the alignment was extremely delicate, and the overall setup became unstable and hard to scale.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Some people experience tactile allodynia, which happens when the central nervous system becomes extra sensitive to things that touch your skin.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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Still, employees have also been left wondering why the moves needed to take place when so many employees remained furloughed and unaware of how sensitive hardware was being handled.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Palantir’s revenue figures are still quite small compared to peers of similar market capitalization.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Eventually, investigations suggested that the wreck occurred due to brittle steel or soft steel, Lynn explained, that was not flexible enough and the ship was not stout enough on top of the severe waves.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Add in the flourishes provided by Poku and Kofane, in particular — the former’s opening goal last weekend was a masterpiece — and the picture is of a brittle but talented group, clearly in a development stage, but with obvious potential in key areas.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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But in young children, frail or elderly people, and those with weakened immune systems, Listeria can be deadly.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
3 Nov. 2025
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When Arthur tries to stop the stranger who has invaded his home from rifling through his drawers, Frank shoves the frail man to the ground.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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Though pain is worsening every day for Americans, the prospects of any major deal getting cut while the leader of the Republican party is across the world are slim.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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That Blake Lively starrer launched to a $24 million opening day and a $50 million debut — against a slim $25 million production budget.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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For example, to manage very high operating temperatures, the Burevestnik missile’s reactor may have a brittle, more breakable ceramic construction.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the slower speed and emphasis on physics, from the long-distance drop of bullet trajectories to the breakable foundations of structures, are a huge part of Battlefield’s DNA, there’s also just an inherent silliness to some of the tactics that stir joy.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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On the right side of the room, a steel cut image is projected from the wall with fiberglass rods arranged in an off center trapezoid.—
Mario Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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And then the third Wednesday is an off week.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Fragile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragile. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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