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fragile

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fragile in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. easily broken or damaged or destroyed
    "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
    delicate  fragile  frail 
  2. lacking substance or significance
    "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
    flimsy  fragile  slight  tenuous  thin 
  3. vulnerably delicate
    "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
    fragile 
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