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Fragile

Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.

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Breakable 84% connected

Capable of being broken.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Breakable 84% connected

Capable of being broken.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Delicate 84% connected

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Delicate 84% connected

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Insignificant 84% connected

Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Insignificant 84% connected

Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Delicate 92% connected

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Flimsy 92% connected

Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy ar…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Frail 92% connected

A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Slight 92% connected

Sleight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tenuous 92% connected

Thin; slender; small; minute.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Thin 92% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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Weak 92% connected

Wanting physical strength.

general 78% interchangeable

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