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more fragile

ADJECTIVE

breakable, dainty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate feeble frail weak

WEAK

brittle crisp crumbly decrepit fine flimsy fracturable frangible friable infirm insubstantial shatterable shivery slight unsound weakly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able firm healthy strong

WEAK

durable tough unbreakable

Example Sentences

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Their power grids tend to be more fragile.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“The result is a more fragile setup: positioning can drift higher in calm markets, but is increasingly exposed to rapid de-risking, pointing to weaker support and rising downside risk from systematic flows,” Barclays said.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

The chips sector may not have peaked yet, but the run is looking more fragile.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

The architecture of globalization is more fragile than it appeared.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

And, really, what is more fragile than a jellyfish, which doesn’t even have any bones?

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin