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Definitions for fragility
frəˈdʒɪl ɪ tifragili·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fragility, breakability, frangibleness, frangibilitynoun

    quality of being easily damaged or destroyed

  2. fragility, delicacynoun

    lack of physical strength

Wiktionary

  1. fragilitynoun

    The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

  2. fragilitynoun

    Weakness; feebleness.

  3. fragilitynoun

    Liability to error and sin; frailty.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Fragilitynoun

    Etymology: from fragile.

    To make an induration with toughness, and less fragility, decoct bodies in water for two or three days. Francis Bacon, N. Hist.

    Fearing the uncertainty of man’s fragility, the common chance of war, the violence of fortune. Richard Knolles, History.

    All could not be right, in such a state, in this lower age of fragility. Henry Wotton.

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  1. fragility

    Fragility refers to the condition of being easily broken, damaged, or prone to failure due to the lack of strength, resilience, or durability. It can apply to various concepts such as physical objects, health conditions, emotional states, economic or ecological systems.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fragilitynoun

    the condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility

  2. Fragilitynoun

    weakness; feebleness

  3. Fragilitynoun

    liability to error and sin; frailty

  4. Etymology: [L. fragilitas: cf. F. fragilit. Cf. Frailty.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fragility in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fragility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of fragility in a Sentence

  1. Czon:

    I'm like that, I love the melancholy, with all fragility, the beauty in the ugly.Can only create in chaos and darkness.

  2. Jonathan Pryke:

    This is going to be devastating for Pacific economies. Whether it's aid, trade, migration or tourism, all those countries depend on major countries like Australia and China for their supply chains, they are using their relative isolation as a remote island as a strength to put the wall up. It makes sense given the fragility of their health systems.

  3. Mohamed El-Erian:

    The Fed's decision to hold off on a rate hike reflects the extent to which it is worried about further destabilization in global financial condition spilling back and undermining the U.S. recovery, they are reluctant to add to international financial fragility - and they wish to limit adverse spillback to the U.S. economy.

  4. Rachel Kyte:

    For conflict-affected states, where fragility is really an issue as well, then you are consistently weighing up the need for short-term energy access.

  5. Andrew Colquhoun:

    One reason why Japan is at single A, which is a low rating, is the fragility around the baseline case for the public debt, the tolerance to fluctuations in growth and interest rates is low.

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