brittle

IPA: brˈɪtʌɫ

A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
(by extension) Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
A surname.

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
(archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
(engineering, computing, of a system) Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
(informal, proscribed) Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.

Examples of "brittle" in Sentences

The brittle texture of peanut brittle is usually a turn off to me.
Like so many other treats available now, this brittle is around for only a few more weeks.
But this brittle is still a hit and the batch I shared with my colleagues was gone in five minutes.
Tathagres paused at his side, her expression brittle as porcelain and her mood black as the cloth which bound her hair.
One of the reasons computer programs are so brittle is that everything is digital, so a single bit flip could massively change a value.
Scientists at this week's sessions will hear about the discovery of what the researchers call a brittle star city off the coast of New Zealand.
Peanut brittle is more common than cashew brittle, but cashews are a great fit for this recipe because they have a naturally buttery flavor that really suits the buttery shortbread base.