fragile state

collocation in English

meaningsoffragileandstate

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fragile
adjective
uk
/ˈfrædʒ.aɪl/us
/ˈfrædʒ.əl/
A fragile object is easily damaged ...
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state
noun
uk
/steɪt/us
/steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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(Definition offragileandstatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffragile state

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We must recognise thefragilestateof the entire region, the stability of which is by no means assured.
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Thirdly, there is the need to develop capacity to manage the mammoth problems that the new, still veryfragilestateis faced with.
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Race relations in this country—let us not pretend otherwise—are in afragilestate.
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We cannot regard with equanimity the present unsatisfactory andfragilestateof "no peace, no war".
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It is the currentfragilestateof morale among midwives.
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The economy basically remains in afragilestate, but has been much boosted by consumer spending and by domestic credit expansion.
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Although there have been some encouraging signs of recovery in the first six months of 1996, the market remains in afragilestate.
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Scottish employment and manufacturing are in afragilestate.
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It is partly explained by the entrenched unemployment, the stillfragilestateof the economy, the higher morbidity and the continuing violence.
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The livestock sector, too, is in afragilestate.
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It is more analagous to thefragilestatein 1947.
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First, why are taxes going up when the economy is in afragilestate?
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It is a savagely sophisticated piece of technology, and is perhaps too advanced to harvest stocks that are in afragilestate.
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The second is the unsustainable imbalance in the single currency and the need for coordination of economic, fiscal and budgetary policies, which are still in afragilestate.
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Those people need funds urgently for if the mines are not cleared, the houses cannot be rebuilt and the economy of this veryfragilestatecannot be made viable.
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Structural problems include the relativelyfragilestateof the remaining buildings and their susceptibility to further damage.
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The original metal will then be left in afragilestate.
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With the restrictions in place, prospecting fell and thefragilestateeconomy was weakened.
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Thefragilestate, with its high volatility, and risk of failure scares away donors.
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Such factors that may not be fully exploited byfragilestategovernments lacking the capacity to do so.
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