fragile

easily broken or damaged

Root

  • fract / frag: break, break back, shatter, or become breakable

Other words with the fract / frag root

  • fractious: irritable, quarrelsome, or hard to control
  • fracture: a break or crack
  • fragment: a broken piece of something larger
  • frail: weak and easily damaged or broken
  • frailty: weakness or the condition of being frail
  • refractory: stubbornly hard to manage

Fragile makes the frag side of the break family easy to see.

The fragile glass cracked when the box fell.

Fragile is ordinary but useful: strength is low enough that a small shock can break the thing.

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