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- adjective
superlative form offrail : mostfrail .
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Examples
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Sadly, the frailest are the least likely to have supplementary insurance.
The Truth About the Drug Companies Angell, Marcia 2004
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The smallest man in the room that day was the largest; the frailest was the strongest.
Remarks Of The President On The Death Of King Hussei ITY National Archives 1999
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This reminded me of a quote from Blaise Pascal's Pensées: A reed only is man, the frailest in the world, but a reed that thinks.
Govindini Murty: A Conversation With Werner Herzog, Part I: Into the Abyss Govindini Murty 2011
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Desperate to rein in rising Medicaid costs, Tennessee last year became the sixth state to require its frailest and costliest patients — the elderly and disabled who need long-term care — to enroll in managed care plans.
States turn to private insurance companies for managed care 2011
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Around 30,000 of our frailest citizens have suddenly acquired an anxiety-inducing interest in complex negotiations between executives, landlords and financiers.
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Around 30,000 of our frailest citizens have suddenly acquired an anxiety-inducing interest in complex negotiations between executives, landlords and financiers.
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Even though men like the gangsters are so worn down by hardship that they have no heart of rebellion, there remain three of the frailest for'ard who will not die, and who are as spunky as ever.
CHAPTER XXXIX 2010
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Desperate to rein in rising Medicaid costs, Tennessee last year became the sixth state to require its frailest and costliest patients — the elderly and disabled who need long-term care — to enroll in managed care plans.
States turn to private insurance companies for managed care 2011
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The Lakers lead the series by the frailest 3-1 you'd ever see, for if you take away one missed Orlando lay-up and one Los Angeles three-pointer, the Magic lead this series 3-1.
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As Portugal — one of the smallest and frailest in the 17-nation eurozone — runs out of options, its leaders are pressing fellow European nations to adopt new crisis management measures at a summit next month, ahead of a euro4.5 billion $6.13 billion debt repayment that falls due for Portugal in April.
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