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

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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. Kingston Reif:

    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. Kingston Reif and Kingston Reif allies can not missile defense Kingston Reif way out of vulnerability to North Korea's nuclear missiles.

  2. Nic Pizzolatto:

    You can’t really judge an actor’s abilities by their career, because the business is going to pigeonhole people into whatever turns a profit, and no artist is less in charge of how their work is presented than an actor, the appeal of Vince was that within a great naturalism, he can convey fierce intelligence, complex emotion, and a real warmth married to a real edge, strength and vulnerability and danger and humor. There are essential contradictions at work that makes him fascinating to watch.

  3. George Osborne:

    It is right that we choose to invest in our cyber defenses even at a time when we must cut other budgets, the internet represents a critical axis of potential vulnerability.

  4. Aloo Denish Obiero:

    Love is a paradox, finding strength in its vulnerability and resilience in its fragility.

  5. Eric Goldstein:

    What we have here is a extremely widespread, easy to exploit and potentially highly damaging vulnerability that certainly could be utilized by adversaries to cause real harm.

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