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Easily broken or damaged.

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Usage examples (39)
  • Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.
  • She has the fragile beauty of youth
  • "All the poor countries, all what they call the fragile countries, they have a problem of credibility."
  • The young girl is convinced that it lies hidden in fragile, fleeting things.
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  • Word of the 2009 Nat. Spelling Bee finals.[pellingbeeshirleys!Field2]
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