frail

an invalid's frail body.

the frail Russian economy.

she looked frail and vulnerable.

pendant flowers on frail stems.

the frail facade of petit bourgeois respectability.

evidence too frail to stand up in court.

the enervate slightness of his frail form.

a frail and peccable mortal- Sir Walter Scott.

His frail hands could hardly hold a cup.

He is frail after his illness.

Physically he is frail and must sustain himself by imbibing magical potions of his own creation.

The boy was frail and never ganged with his fellows at school.