fragility
IPA: frʌdʒˈɪɫʌti
noun
- The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
- Weakness; feebleness.
- (obsolete) Liability to error and sin; frailty.
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Examples of "fragility" in Sentences
- It leads to fragility transparency to the skin.
- "What you call my fragility is more apparent than real," she said with spirit.
- On other matters, however, there is a tentative quality and even a certain fragility.
- It's just like an analysis of fragility, which is typically seen as a disposition to fracture.
- Barbara made a pseudo entry into adolescence, characterized by fragility and inordinate vulnerability.
- And I've found that women who advertise their fragility are the first to put the carving knife in your back.
- One source of her fragility is her estrangement from her father Paul, whom she once observed hitting Lynn in the face.
- One of the principal reasons for this fragility is the deep sense of alienation and frustration felt by many Aboriginal Canadians.
- I am much more persuaded that the idea of fragility, and increased speed and power of transmission of economic crises, is plausible, though it may be hard to express rigorously.
- But it also says that 2009 saw at least three African countries - Rwanda, São Tome and Principe, and Zambia - witnessed a resurgence in malaria cases, demonstrating what the report called the "fragility of malaria control".
- These are the questions: have you had a what's called a fragility fracture, sort of a fracture that you didn't expect, family history of osteoporosis, significant height loss that's been over the past several years, or if you're taking steroid medications.
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