fragile

Example Sentences

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Also, risks in Eastern Europe persist while the security situation in the Middle East is still fragile, the strategist adds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Qubits are extremely fragile, and the slightest changes in the environment can disrupt their delicate quantum state.

From Barron's

“The housing market is now at a fragile equilibrium, and increasing production will result in falling prices, which is not in anyone’s best interests,” he wrote at the time.

From Barron's

The hand-operated ones are too complicated or too fragile to allow for regular lifting and lowering.

From The Wall Street Journal

As Los Padres National Forest spokesman Andrew Madsen warned, “the foothills of Santa Barbara are especially fragile and hiking is especially precarious in the aftermath of heavy rains.”

From Los Angeles Times