1510s, "liable to sin, morally weak;" c. 1600, "liable to break;" a back-formation from fragility, or else from Middle French fragile (Old French fragele, 14c.), from Latin fragili [..]

delicate or easily broken.

delicate: easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones&am [..]

delicate; easily broken or damaged

easily injured, broken or destroyed, The same word also means delicate.

adj. Easily broken.

adj. Capable of being broken.

1. A term used to define things that are harmed by disorder or randomness. 2. The opposite of antifragile. 3. When you have more to lose than gain in the presence of uncertainty (negative asymmetric p [..]

adj. Syn brittle.

Definition adjective

easily broken Free – mushrooms with gills entirely unattached to the stem (see Gill attachment) Furcate

(environment) easily disturbed and difficult to restore therefore lacking in natural resilience. Plant communities in fragile areas have evolved in highly specialised ways to deal with challenging conditions. As a result, they cannot tolerate environmental changes.

(adj) easily broken or damaged or destroyed(adj) vulnerably delicate(adj) lacking substance or significance

ADJ brittle| frail; impermanent

Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure. ''The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule.'' ''The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.'' [..]

===Adjective=== ====easily broken or destroyed==== =====Synonyms===== breakable delicate flimsy fragile frail frangible tenuous brittle crackable friable gossamer scissile durable rickety vulnerable [..]