Tendency to break easily (11)

I believe the answer is:

brittleness

'tendency to break easily' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Another definition for brittleness that I've seen is " Tendency to break easily".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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