Lacking substance or significance; a fragile claim to fame"
Easily broken or damaged or destroyed.
1 However, markets remain volatile and consumer sentiment is fragile , the company said.
2 Liikanen said the euro zone was still in a very fragile situation.
3 In Canterbury the health system remains fragile and is facing enormous challenges.
4 Their day's repair work underlined how fragile the island's power system remains.
5 Great care must be taken not to damage the pyramids' fragile structures.
6 Without solid institutions and a healthy political center freedom is always fragile .
7 There could be a relatively fragile situation developing over the coming weeks.
8 The effect of the Bankia news on fragile financial markets was devastating.
9 The eventual MAX return will also test an increasingly fragile aviation market.
10 A Chilean environmental court in December called the Atacama ecosystem particularly fragile .
11 Yet when Clusius arrived there, civic confidence was in a fragile state.
12 Will employment be guaranteed to former commission workers in socially fragile areas?
13 Although an election is not scheduled until 2022, May's government remains fragile .
14 But fragile demand means investors will be sceptical of the new schedule.
15 Britain's banking sector remains fragile more than five years after the crash.
16 All that is set against an increasingly fragile political and structural backdrop.
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