exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury | wanting in physical strength |
easily broken or damaged or destroyed | overly diluted; thin and insipid |
difficult to handle; requiring great tact | tending downward in price |
developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | likely to fail under stress or pressure |
of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality |
marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique | wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings |
easily hurt | deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc |
| not having authority, political strength, or governing power |
| (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection |
| deficient in intelligence or mental power |
| deficient or lacking in some skill |
| (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress |