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frailty
/ ˈfreɪltɪ /
noun
- physical or moral weakness
- often plural a fault symptomatic of moral weakness
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- over·frailty noun
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A lovely, empathetic novel about middle-aged mental frailty.
For many seniors, driving represents the difference between isolation and the frailty spiral.
“This can then lead to inactivity, which can lead to frailty, then to ill health,” she says.
These Republicans still frighten voters with visions of an old age in poverty and frailty.
But we also need to recognize that racial bias is a human frailty of even good, well-meaning people.
He who shall pass judgment on the records of our life is the same that formed us in frailty.
In the after days he won yet more glory and confidence, despite this showing of human frailty.
Mr. Seward was no exception to this common frailty among mankind.
He dreamt of man, but chiefly of God—of Gods goodness and greatness, of mans impotence and frailty.
One always looks with some suspicion—such is the frailty of editorial and other samples of human nature!
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