Adjective: fragile fra-jul or 'fra,jI(-u)l [N. Amer], 'fra,jI(-u)l [Brit]
- Easily broken, damaged or destroyed
"fragile porcelain plates";
- delicate, frail
- Vulnerably delicate
"she has the fragile beauty of youth"
- Lacking substance or significance
"a fragile claim to fame";
- flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin
See also: breakable, delicate, insignificant, unimportant
Encyclopedia: Fragile