| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | attenuated | made thin and weak |
| 2. | bone-dry | completely dry |
| 3. | break-prone | likely to break easily |
| 4. | breakable | able to break easily |
| 5. | breakdown-prone | likely to fail easily |
| 6. | breaky | easy to break |
| 7. | burnt-dry | dried out and fragile |
| 8. | ceramic-like | hard and easily chipped |
| 9. | chalky | dry and crumbly |
| 10. | chip-prone | likely to chip |
| 11. | compromised | weakened or made vulnerable |
| 12. | crack-prone | likely to crack |
| 13. | cracking | liable to crack |
| 14. | crackly | prone to cracking |
| 15. | crisp | hard and easily snapped |
| 16. | crisped | made dry and fragile |
| 17. | crumbly | breaking into small dry pieces |
| 18. | damage-prone | easily damaged |
| 19. | debilitated | weakened and fragile |
| 20. | decrepit | worn out and fragile |
| 21. | defective | not sound; flawed |
| 22. | degraded | reduced in quality or strength |
| 23. | delicate | easily damaged or broken |
| 24. | delicately balanced | easily disturbed or upset |
| 25. | desiccated | extremely dried out |
| 26. | dilapidated | in poor, fragile condition |
| 27. | dry | lacking moisture; easily cracked |
| 28. | eggshell-thin | very thin and fragile |
| 29. | embrittled | made brittle or fragile |
| 30. | enfeebled | made weak and fragile |
| 31. | feeble | physically weak or fragile |
| 32. | filmy | very thin and delicate |
| 33. | fissile | easily split along lines |
| 34. | flaky | breaking into thin pieces |
| 35. | flimsy | weak and easily damaged |
| 36. | fracturable | able to fracture easily |
| 37. | fracturing | liable to fracture |
| 38. | fragile | easily broken or damaged |
| 39. | frail | weak and easily broken |
| 40. | friable | easily crumbled or pulverized |
| 41. | glasslike | hard and easily broken |
| 42. | glassy | hard, smooth, and breakable |
| 43. | gossamer | very light and delicate |
| 44. | hard | firm and not yielding |
| 45. | inflexible | not bending easily |
| 46. | insecure | not firm or dependable |
| 47. | insolid | not solid or firm |
| 48. | insubstantial | lacking strength or solidity |
| 49. | lifeless | lacking vitality or resilience |
| 50. | lightweight | not heavy or sturdy |
| 51. | mineralized | hardened and more breakable |
| 52. | nonresilient | lacking resilience |
| 53. | ossified | hardened and inflexible |
| 54. | oven-dry | extremely dry and brittle |
| 55. | overbaked | too dry and breakable |
| 56. | overdry | too dry and fragile |
| 57. | overstiff | too stiff and breakable |
| 58. | paper-thin | very thin and fragile |
| 59. | papery | thin and easy to tear |
| 60. | parched | dried out and fragile |
| 61. | perishable | not durable; easily ruined |
| 62. | played-out | worn out and weak |
| 63. | powdery | dry and easily crumbled |
| 64. | precarious | dangerously unstable or insecure |
| 65. | puny | small, weak, and fragile |
| 66. | ramshackle | badly built and fragile |
| 67. | raw | sore, tender, and vulnerable |
| 68. | rickety | weak and likely to break |
| 69. | rigid | stiff and not flexible |
| 70. | rupturable | able to burst or break |
| 71. | rupturing | liable to burst or break |
| 72. | sensitive | easily affected or damaged |
| 73. | shaky | not stable or secure |
| 74. | shardy | breaking into sharp pieces |
| 75. | shatterable | easy to shatter |
| 76. | shattering | liable to shatter |
| 77. | sheer | very thin and delicate |
| 78. | shell-like | thin and easily broken |
| 79. | snappable | easy to snap |
| 80. | splinter-prone | likely to splinter |
| 81. | splintery | prone to splintering |
| 82. | splitting | liable to split apart |
| 83. | stiff | rigid and easy to crack |
| 84. | susceptible | easily affected or harmed |
| 85. | tender | easily hurt or damaged |
| 86. | tenuous | thin, weak, and fragile |
| 87. | thin | not thick; easily damaged |
| 88. | unresilient | not springy or durable |
| 89. | unsound | not solid or reliable |
| 90. | unstable | not firm or durable |
| 91. | unsturdy | not strong or stable |
| 92. | used-up | exhausted and weakened |
| 93. | vulnerable | easily harmed or damaged |
| 94. | wafer-thin | extremely thin and delicate |
| 95. | wasted | very thin and weak |
| 96. | weak | not strong or sturdy |
| 97. | weathered | worn and weakened by exposure |
| 98. | wispy | thin and fragile |
| 99. | withered | dry, shrunken, and fragile |
| 100. | worn | damaged by long use |
