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- adjective
comparative form offrail : morefrail
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Examples
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One seems frailer than the other, his frame smaller, his chest more sunken.
Larissa Archer: Brothers at Rayko Catalogs Life Off the Grid Larissa Archer 2011
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One seems frailer than the other, his frame smaller, his chest more sunken.
Larissa Archer: Brothers at Rayko Catalogs Life Off the Grid Larissa Archer 2011
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Both are growing frailer, and he recognized that they needed more help in the home.
Anne Naylor: The Gentle Activist: Lessons from My 91-Year-Old Dad Anne Naylor 2010
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One seems frailer than the other, his frame smaller, his chest more sunken.
Larissa Archer: Brothers at Rayko Catalogs Life Off the Grid Larissa Archer 2011
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Both are growing frailer, and he recognized that they needed more help in the home.
Anne Naylor: The Gentle Activist: Lessons from My 91-Year-Old Dad Anne Naylor 2010
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Both are growing frailer, and he recognized that they needed more help in the home.
Anne Naylor: The Gentle Activist: Lessons from My 91-Year-Old Dad Anne Naylor 2010
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Older, frailer men especially are viewed as unlikely to benefit from getting surgery, radiation and other treatments that can cause impotence and incontinence.
Report Resets Prostate Testing Debate Katherine Hobson 2011
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More employers should be preparing to deal with an older, frailer work force, says Joseph Coughlin , director of the AgeLab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Keeping Boomers Fit for Work James R. Hagerty 2011
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Both are growing frailer, and he recognized that they needed more help in the home.
Anne Naylor: The Gentle Activist: Lessons from My 91-Year-Old Dad Anne Naylor 2010
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Many older, frailer patients — who might not have been considered strong enough to weather traditional surgery — now have the option to have less invasive operations or more tightly focused radiation treatments, the analysis says.
Patients bear brunt as cancer care spending hits $90 billion 2010
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