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What is the adjective for frailty?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb frail which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

frail
  1. Easily broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
  2. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. weak, feeble, debilitated, enfeebled, weakened, infirm, enervated, sapped, effete, wasted, languid, prostrate, faint, prostrated, wimpy, asthenic, wimpish, unsubstantial, soft, softened, low, down-and-out, slight, delicate, tender, fragile, weakly, sickly, ailing, exhausted, decrepit, puny, weakling, strengthless, drained, helpless, anemic, anaemic, weedy, tired, flimsy, spent, incapacitated, weak-kneed, fatigued, lame, unwell, debile, wishy-washy, ill … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “It can cause infections, especially among elderly or frail people.”
      “One poignant story relates how a slight and frail boy disappeared toward the barn when told that a cave-in had blocked any hope for escape.”
      “Her dad kept telling her that she was still skinny and frail, that they would have to put some meat on her bones.”
frailsome
  1. Characterised or marked by frailness
fraile
  1. Obsolete spelling of frail
  2. Examples:
      3. “The largest reservoirs, all in the coastal region of Peru, are the Poechos, Tinajones, San Lorenzo, and El Fraile reservoirs.”
      “Among others, according to Fraile, were Priscilla Presley, Bianca Jagger and Tahiti-born Vaitiare Bandera.”
frailish
  1. Somewhat frail.
frailer
  1. comparative form of frail: more frail
  2. Synonyms:
      3. weaker, feebler, infirmer, fainter, wimpier, softer, lower, more weakened, more enervated, more effete, more wasted, more languid, more asthenic, more wimpish, more unsubstantial, more softened, more delicate, slighter, tenderer, more ailing, sicklier, fragiler, weaklier, unhealthier, more ill, more unwell, more unsound, more exhausted, sicker, more decrepit, punier, more helpless, wishy-washier, more weak-kneed, more spineless, wetter, more nerveless, more characterless, shakier, more limp-wristed, more indisposed, lamer, more incapacitated, more namby-pamby, more strengthless, more milk-and-water, more anemic, more invalid, more anaemic, more drained … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “With all the blipping and beeping machines hooked into him, he looked smaller, paler, and frailer than I'd ever seen him before.”
      “If you are one of those frailer and more malnourished types, you should eat light nourishing soups or thin rice porridge.”
      “It also seemed that the younger and frailer you were, the more arduous were your physical tasks.”
frailest
  1. superlative form of frail: most frail
  2. Synonyms:
      3. weakest, feeblest, infirmest, faintest, wimpiest, softest, lowest, most weakened, most enervated, most effete, most wasted, most languid, most asthenic, most wimpish, most unsubstantial, most softened, most delicate, slightest, tenderest, most ailing, sickliest, fragilest, weakliest, unhealthiest, most ill, most unwell, most unsound, most exhausted, sickest, most decrepit, puniest, most helpless, wishy-washiest, most weak-kneed, most spineless, wettest, most nerveless, most characterless, shakiest, most limp-wristed, most indisposed, lamest, most incapacitated, most namby-pamby, most strengthless, most milk-and-water, most anemic, most invalid, most anaemic, most drained … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Society's fittest, not its frailest, are the ones who die, leaving the old and the children behind.”
      “But hunger loomed as an invincible giant and that convinced my mother to send her frailest child on a long journey to unknown folks.”
      “The frailest shelter, covered with sea-lion's skins, suffices to keep them from the inclemencies of the weather.”
frailed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of frail
frailing
  1. present participle of frail
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