frail

Although this phenomenon may seem new and shocking, democracy’s broader condition has been frail for some time — and not just in the United States.

The "obvious" reality was that Mrs Nowland was a "frail and confused 95-year-old woman" who "posed nothing that could reasonably be described as a threat of any substance".

"The attacks on Jeremy became more severe in the run-up to his murder, leaving him frail, battered and bruised."

In vain, his lawyers and family members protested that the arrest had no legal basis and complained that Duterte's frail health was being neglected.

"Examples included frail patients who could not get up and take themselves to the toilet were left to soil themselves and left in soiled clothing and bedclothes for hours," said the CQC.