Definitions for Vulnerability
vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. vulnerability, exposurenoun

   the state of being vulnerable or exposed

   "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"

2. vulnerabilitynoun

   susceptibility to injury or attack

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. vulnerabilitynoun

   Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

   The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.

2. vulnerabilitynoun

   a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.

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1. vulnerability

   Vulnerability is a state or condition of being susceptible to harm, damage, or attacks from both external and internal factors. This can be applied in various contexts, such as individuals being vulnerable to emotional or physical harm, a system or network open to security breaches, or populations at risk due to social, political, environmental, or economic forces.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vulnerabilitynoun

   the quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vulnerability

   1. The susceptibility of a nation or military force to any action by any means through which its war potential or combat effectiveness may be reduced or its will to fight diminished. 2. The characteristics of a system that cause it to suffer a definite degradation (incapability to perform the designated mission) as a result of having been subjected to a certain level of effects in an unnatural (man-made) hostile environment. 3. In information operations, a weakness in information system security design, procedures, implementation, or internal controls that could be exploited to gain

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1. • Danger
   • Weakness

How to pronounce Vulnerability?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Vulnerability in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Vulnerability in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Vulnerability in a Sentence

1. Jeb Bush:

   They're targets. This is how you garner attention. You go to places where there is vulnerability and it's a very powerful symbolic attack on our country.

2. Neil Shearing:

   I began this year warning that the evolution of the pandemic was the key risk facing the global economy, news of Omicron, followed by swift moves by governments to close borders to limit its spread, and the sharply negative market response to these events, are a reminder of this acute economic vulnerability.

3. Alan Gayle:

   You had both earnings concerns and macroeconomic concerns, and what I'd call technical vulnerability, all ganging up on the market this week.

4. Gordon Charlop:

   I think we're on more solid footing than the last time, there could be some vulnerability in some of the tech names, given the change in the value of the dollar, but I don't get the same sense that we're over-valued at these levels the way we were the last time we got here.

5. Diane Barron:

   When Diane Barron died, I cried because I was lost in grief, but also because Diane Barron was in my position. I sobbed for it all -- for my vulnerability, for not knowing what was going to take me out of this.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Vulnerability
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vulnerability
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Vulnerability
5. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf