frail
adjective
having delicate health; not robust; weak.
frailest
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superlativeof frail.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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These are the sickest and frailest patients - the ones who cannot be sent home immediately after treatment.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022
Unable to speak, Qawasmi, 24, is the frailest of the six.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2021
At Life Care, where elderly and sick people come to heal from broken hips and strokes, or simply to live out their frailest years, the death toll has continued to climb.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2020
The National Institutes of Health will retire all but the frailest of its 257 remaining chimps to a federally funded sanctuary in Louisiana within the next several years.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
The Uncle wrapped thick knitted blankets around them and gave them hot tea, although of the three of them, he looked the frailest and in need of a rest.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
