fragility
n. C1 Advanced US //fɹəˈdʒɪɫəti// UK //fɹædʒˈɪlɪti// fragili·ty
n. the quality of being easily broken or damaged. It describes things that are not strong enough to survive a lot of pressure or stress.
n. the quality of being easily broken, damaged, or destroyed. Often used in technical contexts to describe the vulnerability of a system or the physical weakness of a material.
The glass has a high level of fragility.
The engineer warned that the bridge's structural fragility could lead to a collapse during a major earthquake.
The company's market share is vulnerable to the fragility of its supply chain, which relies on a single port for all its raw materials.
Borrowed from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitās. Doublet of frailty. Morphologically fragile + -ity.