Frailty
noun
The quality of being weak and delicate, often due to old age or sickness.
Her grandmother's frailty was evident as she struggled to walk up the stairs.
Often appears as...
- physical frailty
- old age frailty
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Disapproving
noun
A weak point in someone's character or behavior.
His one frailty was his quick temper which he often struggled to control.
Often appears as...
- character frailty
- moral frailty
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Disapproving
noun
The quality of being weak and delicate, often due to old age or sickness.
Her grandmother's frailty was evident as she struggled to walk up the stairs.
Often appears as...
- physical frailty
- old age frailty
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A weak point in someone's character or behavior.
His one frailty was his quick temper which he often struggled to control.
Often appears as...
- character frailty
- moral frailty
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Weakness
Use to describe someone's diminished physical abilities, not just general tiredness.
The mountain climb revealed the frailty of the novice hikers.
Pro Tip 2/3Evoke Empathy
When describing frailty, aim to invoke a sense of compassion rather than negativity.
She showed great care for her father's frailty.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Age
Frailty can result from factors besides age, like illness or malnutrition.
The prolonged illness left him with a noticeable frailty.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Weakness
Use to describe someone's diminished physical abilities, not just general tiredness.
The mountain climb revealed the frailty of the novice hikers.
Pro Tip 2/3Evoke Empathy
When describing frailty, aim to invoke a sense of compassion rather than negativity.
She showed great care for her father's frailty.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Age
Frailty can result from factors besides age, like illness or malnutrition.
The prolonged illness left him with a noticeable frailty.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Weakness
Use to describe someone's diminished physical abilities, not just general tiredness.
The mountain climb revealed the frailty of the novice hikers.
Pro Tip 2/3Evoke Empathy
When describing frailty, aim to invoke a sense of compassion rather than negativity.
She showed great care for her father's frailty.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Age
Frailty can result from factors besides age, like illness or malnutrition.
The prolonged illness left him with a noticeable frailty.
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Atheism 2.0 - Alain de...
made to stand on a canonical platform and made to celebrate the festival of tsukimi where you will be given poems to read in honor of the moon in the passage of time and the frailty of life that it should remind us of you'll be handed rice cakes and the moon and the reflection on the moon will have a secure place in your heart that's very
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Peter Saul: Let's talk...
will die in this form, which is the dwindling of capacity with increasing frailty, and frailty's an inevitable part of aging, and increasing frailty is in fact the main thing that people die of now, and the last few years, or the last year of your life
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Krista Tippett:...
I can't quite explain it, and he can't either. But he says that he has yet to experience someone who became more aware of their body, in all its frailty and its grace, without, at the same time, becoming more compassionate towards all of life.
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A fascinating time...
We had a big study so that we could analyze differences in gender and generations, between religious and political beliefs, even job function and personality trait. It is a fascinating, time-bound time capsule of our human frailty
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Let's talk about dying -...
inevitable part of Aging and increasing frailty is in fact the main thing that people die of now and the last few years or last year of your life is spent with a great deal of disability unfortunately enjoying it so far
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The gift and power of...
now making his or her way in the world. We are healthy until a diagnosis brings us to our knees. The only certainty is uncertainty, and yet we are not navigating this frailty successfully or sustainably.
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Through the Lens PIPE...
to show man's frailty against Earth's ferocious power if there is no one in the frame you don't have any comparison and you are lost in the scale and that's important touch to that image
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Mike O'Sullivan: The end...
which has shaken the ground under us and further exposed the frailties of the globalized world order. In past international crises, most of them economic or geopolitical,
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Revolutions 101 PIPE...
because of the government's exceptional frailty. Its political, military, and economic systems had been virtually decimated by the state's defeats in World War I.
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How deepfakes undermine...
Now, it's the interaction of some of our most basic human frailties and network tools that can turn deepfakes into weapons. So let me explain.
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Atheism 2.0 - Alain de...
made to stand on a canonical platform and made to celebrate the festival of tsukimi where you will be given poems to read in honor of the moon in the passage of time and the frailty of life that it should remind us of you'll be handed rice cakes and the moon and the reflection on the moon will have a secure place in your heart that's very
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Peter Saul: Let's talk...
will die in this form, which is the dwindling of capacity with increasing frailty, and frailty's an inevitable part of aging, and increasing frailty is in fact the main thing that people die of now, and the last few years, or the last year of your life
Video examples
Krista Tippett:...
I can't quite explain it, and he can't either. But he says that he has yet to experience someone who became more aware of their body, in all its frailty and its grace, without, at the same time, becoming more compassionate towards all of life.
Video examples
A fascinating time...
We had a big study so that we could analyze differences in gender and generations, between religious and political beliefs, even job function and personality trait. It is a fascinating, time-bound time capsule of our human frailty
Video examples
Let's talk about dying -...
inevitable part of Aging and increasing frailty is in fact the main thing that people die of now and the last few years or last year of your life is spent with a great deal of disability unfortunately enjoying it so far
Video examples
The gift and power of...
now making his or her way in the world. We are healthy until a diagnosis brings us to our knees. The only certainty is uncertainty, and yet we are not navigating this frailty successfully or sustainably.
Video examples
Through the Lens PIPE...
to show man's frailty against Earth's ferocious power if there is no one in the frame you don't have any comparison and you are lost in the scale and that's important touch to that image
Video examples
Mike O'Sullivan: The end...
which has shaken the ground under us and further exposed the frailties of the globalized world order. In past international crises, most of them economic or geopolitical,
Video examples
Revolutions 101 PIPE...
because of the government's exceptional frailty. Its political, military, and economic systems had been virtually decimated by the state's defeats in World War I.
Video examples
How deepfakes undermine...
Now, it's the interaction of some of our most basic human frailties and network tools that can turn deepfakes into weapons. So let me explain.
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Camille Paglia
American Author
I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.
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Sydney J. Harris
American Journalist
Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?
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O. T. Fagbenle
British Actor
We all fail, and we all have weaknesses. I think that's what helps us relate to characters we see on TV or read in books, is that we recognize our frailties within them and maybe don't feel so alone. We get to learn from their mistakes.
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Leigh Bardugo
Israeli Author
We aren't always comfortable witnessing real frailty or vulnerability in our heroines, but I like characters who struggle, and doubt, and who don't always do the wise thing.
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Colleen Atwood
American Designer
Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were.
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Laurie Garrett
American Journalist
Contagion' should serve as a wake-up call not only about the germs, but perhaps more importantly about the frailty of governance, nationally and worldwide.
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Pooja Bhatt
Indian Director
I'm no role model, but I thought if I showed my frailties, which I had turned around into achievement, I could help many others.
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V. S. Naipaul
Trinidadian Novelist
I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs.
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Jef Raskin
American Scientist
An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
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Camille Paglia
American Author
I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.
Quote examples
Sydney J. Harris
American Journalist
Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?
Quote examples
O. T. Fagbenle
British Actor
We all fail, and we all have weaknesses. I think that's what helps us relate to characters we see on TV or read in books, is that we recognize our frailties within them and maybe don't feel so alone. We get to learn from their mistakes.
Quote examples
Leigh Bardugo
Israeli Author
We aren't always comfortable witnessing real frailty or vulnerability in our heroines, but I like characters who struggle, and doubt, and who don't always do the wise thing.
Quote examples
Colleen Atwood
American Designer
Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were.
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Laurie Garrett
American Journalist
Contagion' should serve as a wake-up call not only about the germs, but perhaps more importantly about the frailty of governance, nationally and worldwide.
Quote examples
Pooja Bhatt
Indian Director
I'm no role model, but I thought if I showed my frailties, which I had turned around into achievement, I could help many others.
Quote examples
V. S. Naipaul
Trinidadian Novelist
I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs.
Quote examples
Jef Raskin
American Scientist
An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
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