Delicate
Delicate adjective - Easily broken.
Usage example: delicate glassware that must be carefully wrapped for shipping
Short and delicate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Delicate".
Nearby Words: delicacy, delicately
Both words in one sentence
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She happens to be a Kendo Team Captain, tall, and short-haired, but this is the extent of her boyish qualities; her short, delicate-looking petite soeur Yoshino is the actual tomboy of the pair.
Source: Bifauxnen -
There are high-tech experimental weapons that break them down at a genetic level, but they're rather rare, delicate and have a short battery life.
Source: Manga / Bio-Meat: Nectar -
The Anakim, servants of the Nephilim in Angelology are short, albeit human sized, and of delicate build with yellow eyes and insectile wings, as opposed to the avian ones of the Nephilim.
Source: Our Fairies Are Different
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Short and Delicate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/delicate/short
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