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

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word vulnerability.

Princeton's WordNet

  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

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  1. Vulnerabilitynoun

    the quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  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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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. The FDA:

    This (vulnerability) could allow an unauthorized user to control the device and change the dosage the pump delivers, which could lead to over- or under-infusion of critical patient therapies.

  2. Todd Conklin:

    Israel has a really strong public-private partnership in this space, so they have access to a lot more real-time vulnerability data impacting... not only government systems, but also their broader private sector.

  3. United States:

    Missile defense has a role to play as part of a comprehensive effort to counter the North Korean threat but it's a limited one and its capabilities are often vastly overstated. United States and United States allies can not missile defense United States way out of vulnerability to North Korea's nuclear missiles.

  4. Refugee Resettlement:

    HHS is mindful of these children's vulnerability, and our priority is the safety and wellbeing of each child in Refugee Resettlement care. HHS anticipates the need to start placing children at Carrizo Springs in 15 days or soon after.

  5. Breton Asken:

    Our study relied on a somewhat complicated outcome - being cleared to return to athletic activity - to measure how this physiologic window of vulnerability may express itself clinically.

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