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fragile

/ˈfɹædʒaɪl/
adjective
  1. Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.

    "He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed."

  2. Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.

Synonymsbreakable, breakly, destroyable, destructible, friable
Antonymsdurable, indestructible, unbreakable, undestroyable

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