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Fragility

Noun CEFR B2
fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti

Definitions

  1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Weakness; feebleness.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Liability to error and sin; frailty.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain⟳ why anyone would take⟳ to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see⟳ humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

fragility test fragilization fragilocyte fragilocytosis fragilysin fragipan

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