how to pronounce brittle

/ˈbɹɪtəl/

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brittle is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of brittle in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… system was so brittle that it's confused …”

meaning of brittle

Brittle means easily broken or damaged.

brittle frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word brittle occurs in english on average 2.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics brittle can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that brittle can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;