Frail and Old

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Frail adjective - Easily broken.

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Old and frail are semantically related in battered topic. In some cases you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Frail".

Nearby Words: frailty, frailness

Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

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Frail and old are semantically related in battered topic. Sometimes you can use "Frail" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

The current Sirah is old and frail, and passes the title onto O'Brien before dying, his apprentice having failed to protect the village on a previous night.

Source: Legacy of the Chosen
Alfred Pennyworth becomes one after his death in Superman & Batman: Generations, up until he deals with the ghost of Dick Grayson tormenting a very old and frail Joker.

Source: Ghost Butler
In A Brother's Price, the younger sisters of Balin Brindle are rumored to be actually fathered by him, on his own mothers, as his father is old and frail.

Source: Child by Rape

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