What does vulnerable mean?

Definitions for vulnerable
ˈvʌl nər ə bəlvul·ner·a·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vulnerableadjective

    susceptible to attack

    "a vulnerable bridge"

  2. vulnerableadjective

    susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation

    "vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation"

  3. vulnerableadjective

    capable of being wounded or hurt

    "vulnerable parts of the body"

Wiktionary

  1. vulnerableadjective

    More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

    "You are vulnerable to be bullied by someone at school."

  2. vulnerableadjective

    More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.

    a vulnerable PC with no antivirus software

  3. Etymology: From vulnerabilis, from vulnero.

Wikipedia

  1. Vulnerable

    Vulnerable is a song by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, released as the fifth and final single from their fifth studio album Crash! Boom! Bang!, while simultaneously acting as the lead single from the duo's 1995 compilation album Rarities."The Sweet Hello, the Sad Goodbye" had previously been released as the B-side on the duo's 1991 single "Spending My Time". Earlier that year, in April, it had been released as the lead single from Thomas Anders' (of Modern Talking fame) second solo album, Whispers.

ChatGPT

  1. vulnerable

    Vulnerable refers to being susceptible to physical or emotional harm or injury. It could also imply being open to attack, criticism, temptation, or capable of being hurt. In a broader sense, it could also refer to something (or someone) that is in a state that risks loss, disadvantage, or damage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vulnerableadjective

    capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body

  2. Vulnerableadjective

    liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation

  3. Etymology: [L. vulnerabilis wounding, injurious, from vulnerare to wound, vulnus a wound; akin to Skr. vraa: cf. F. vulnrable.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Vulnerable

    vul′ne-ra-bl, adj. capable of being wounded: liable to injury.—v.t. Vuln (her.), to wound.—adj. Vulned (her.).—ns. Vulnerabil′ity, Vul′nerableness.—adj. Vul′nerary, pertaining to wounds: useful in healing wounds.—n. anything useful in curing wounds.—adj. Vul′nerose, with many wounds. [L. vulnerabilisvulnerāre, to wound—vulnus, vulneris, a wound.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. vulnerable

    Susceptive of wounds; liable to external injuries; capable of being taken; as, the town is extremely vulnerable in such a quarter. It is also applied to military dispositions; as, the army was vulnerable in the centre, etc. An assemblage of men without arms, or with arms but without discipline, or having discipline and arms, without officers, are vulnerable.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'vulnerable' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3836

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'vulnerable' in Adjectives Frequency: #514

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vulnerable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vulnerable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of vulnerable in a Sentence

  1. Irwin Redlener:

    It's rarely going to be a direct cause-and-effect, a storm would not cause a well-balanced kid to kill themselves. But this is mostly worrisome for the vulnerable children -- that is, (children) who have had some preexisting challenges like depression ... Kids who tend to be loners and not very communicative. Kids with other types of mental health conditions ... This is the last straw.

  2. James Craig:

    Americans are fed up. They want change. They want strong leadership. They want public service to pay attention to the community, I've talked to those men and women who live, particularly in vulnerable communities, they want effective policing.

  3. Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal:

    Facility outbreaks are not always preventable, but in response to what we have seen in Wanaque, we are taking aggressive steps to minimize the chance they occur among the most vulnerable patients in New Jersey.

  4. Cecilia Rebong:

    Excessive heat puts exposed working populations at greater risk from heat-induced stresses and undermines growth by compromising productivity, vulnerable groups need significant support to tackle rising heat in the workplace.

  5. Lucy Carrigan:

    The IRC alerted the (Greek) coast guard on Monday that we would not transport the world's most vulnerable people to a place where their freedom of movement is impeded upon.

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