easily broken or damaged or destroyed; a kite too delicate to fly safely; fragile porcelain plates; fragile old bones; a frail craft

[ Syn: delicate , frail ]

vulnerably delicate; she has the fragile beauty of youth'

lacking substance or significance; slight evidence; a tenuous argument; a thin plot; a fragile claim to fame

[ Syn: flimsy , slight , tenuous , thin ]