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Meanings of too delicate in English

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Usage of too delicate in English
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But their systems are far too delicate for what they have received.
Quest for the well of souls
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It is a sweet little face; too delicate for my hand, though.
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
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She did not like to ask you herself; she is too delicate.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
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But it is too difficult and too delicate, to form sanguine hopes.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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He was too delicate a child to long endure such a strain.
The Pot of Gold, and Other Stories
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Besides, her health was too delicate, and her moods were too variable.
The Women of the French Salons
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The child gets prettier every day, but she looks far too delicate.'
Uncle Max
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In the mirror it seemed almost too delicate for her sturdy frame.
The Golem and the Jinni
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However, sugar snap peas are too delicate for such intense heat.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
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The empress's condition is far too delicate for her to attend.
Doom of the Dragon
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Beautiful, not too delicate, but easily broken by terror or sorrow.
Street magic
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A woman is too delicate a social flower to be independent of environments.
With Edged Tools
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They were discussing her now, in none too delicate a fashion.
There was a King in Egypt
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And your child is too young and your wife too delicate to work.
Tales and Novels — Volume 02 / Popular Tales
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Top is too delicate, as it comes from the comb, to be handled.
Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools ...
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Though Lidia was too delicate to strike, there were other punishments.
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