fragile
- s easily broken or damaged or destroyed
fragile porcelain plates
fragile old bones - s vulnerably delicate
she has the fragile beauty of youth - s lacking substance or significance; a fragile claim to fame"
fragmentary
- s consisting of small disconnected parts
fragmentary remains
fragmented
- v break or cause to break into pieces
The plate fragmented - s having been divided; having the unity destroyed
a fragmented coalition