ALL meanings of fragile
frag·ile
F f - abbreviation Technical meaning of FRAGILE brittle 3
- adjective fragile easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance. 1
- adjective fragile vulnerably delicate, as in appearance: She has a fragile beauty. 1
- adjective fragile lacking in substance or force; flimsy: a fragile excuse. 1
- adjective fragile easily broken 1
- adjective fragile person 1
- noun Technical meaning of fragile (jargon) Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli; e.g. a file system that is usually totally scrambled by a power failure is said to be brittle. This term is often used to describe the results of a research effort that were never intended to be robust, but it can be applied to commercially developed software, which displays the quality far more often than it ought to. Opposite of robust. 1
- noun fragile (of an object) Easily broken or damaged. 1
- adjective fragile Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure. 0
- adjective fragile If you describe a situation as fragile, you mean that it is weak or uncertain, and unlikely to be able to resist strong pressure or attack. 0
- adjective fragile Something that is fragile is easily broken or damaged. 0
- graded adjective fragile Something that is fragile is very delicate or fine in appearance. 0
- graded adjective fragile If someone feels fragile, they feel weak, for example because they are ill or have drunk too much alcohol. 0
- adjective fragile able to be broken easily 0
- adjective fragile in a weakened physical state 0
- adjective fragile delicate; light 0
- adjective fragile slight; tenuous 0
- adjective fragile easily broken, damaged, or destroyed 0
- adjective fragile physically weak; frail; delicate 0
- adjective fragile tenuous; flimsy 0