fragile
adjective
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Synonyms
breakable, delicate, frail, frangible
Antonyms
infrangible, nonbreakable, strong, sturdy, tough, unbreakable
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Consumer spending could also prove fragile since so much of it is reliant on debt. — Anchorage Daily News, "U.S. consumers are holding up global economy, but for how long?," 17 Aug. 2019 In June, security forces violently dispersed the protesters’ main sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, killing dozens of people and plunging the fragile transition into crisis. — Samy Magdy, BostonGlobe.com, "Sudanese protesters sign final power-sharing deal with army," 17 Aug. 2019 In June, security forces violently dispersed the protesters' main sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, killing dozens of people and plunging the fragile transition into crisis. — NBC News, "Sudanese activists, army finalize power-sharing deal after coup and mass protests," 3 Aug. 2019 This tension is embodied, in part, by relative old timer Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), an actor who has built a rugged onscreen image, but who is made utterly fragile by the threat of the new guard. — Erika Stalder, Glamour, "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood," 30 July 2019 The answer often given is that superpositions are fragile, easily disrupted when a delicate quantum system is buffeted by its noisy environment. — Philip Ball, WIRED, "Quantum Darwinism Could Explain What Makes Reality Real," 28 July 2019 Carolyn was fragile to begin with, and this became the dominant issue in their relationship. — Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, "John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Close Friend Sheds Light on the Former First Son's Final Days in New Biography," 14 July 2019 In recent years, however, it was deemed to be too fragile, and a replica was made. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "Everything We Know about Archie Mountbatten-Windsor’s Christening," 3 July 2019 But the same feature that makes quantum computers powerful makes them fragile. — Quanta Magazine, "A New Approach to Multiplication Opens the Door to Better Quantum Computers," 24 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fragile.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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