Easily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.
She caught the fragile vase before it could shatter on the floor.
Readily disrupted or destroyed.
The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.
Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.
Something that is fragile.
Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate with fraction, fracture and doublet of frail.
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