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How to pronounce frailness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms debility, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism
Type of unfitness, softness
Has types cachexia, asthenia, wasting, cachexy, astheny
Derivation frail

Examples of frailness

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Children might be put off by an older person's wheelchair, smell or frailness.
From the dailynews.com
Moran is great as Sybil and plays her frailness to perfection.
From the ealingtimes.co.uk
From 1923 on, he showed signs of increasing frailness and illness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Frailness is a main disadvantage of plastic, which increases with product age and is caused by the evaporation of volatile phenols.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I always found it interesting that people here can so freely point out my frailness and yet if I were to point out their obesity it would be considered quite rude.
From the theatlantic.com
The frailness of Fonteyn's character, a febrile courtesan reliving a hot romance, is echoed in the delicacy of her gowns, with their transparent overlay atop airy ruffles.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Infirmity: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  • The frailty syndrome is a collection of symptoms or markers, primarily due to the aging-related loss and dysfunction of skeletal muscle and bone, that place (mostly) older adults at increased risk of adverse events such as death, disability, and institutionalization.