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Definitions for vulnerable
ˈvʌl nər ə bəlvul·ner·a·ble
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Princeton's WordNet
vulnerableadjective
susceptible to attack
"a vulnerable bridge"
vulnerableadjective
susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
"vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation"
vulnerableadjective
capable of being wounded or hurt
"vulnerable parts of the body"
Wiktionary
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."
Etymology: From vulnerabilis, from vulnero.
vulnerableadjective
More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
a vulnerable PC with no antivirus software
Etymology: From vulnerabilis, from vulnero.
Webster Dictionary
Vulnerableadjective
capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body
Etymology: [L. vulnerabilis wounding, injurious, from vulnerare to wound, vulnus a wound; akin to Skr. vraa: cf. F. vulnrable.]
Vulnerableadjective
liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation
Etymology: [L. vulnerabilis wounding, injurious, from vulnerare to wound, vulnus a wound; akin to Skr. vraa: cf. F. vulnrable.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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. vulnerabilis—vulnerāre, to wound—vulnus, vulneris, a wound.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'vulnerable' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3836
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'vulnerable' in Adjectives Frequency: #514
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vulnerable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vulnerable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of vulnerable in a Sentence
Far too often, commercial activities that require large-scale land use change levy tremendous costs that are not considered in cost-benefit analysis because the costs are not shouldered by those profiting, three months ago, pandemics did not feel like an urgent issue, people did not feel vulnerable. Now the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting people -- it's affecting the stock market, their quality of life, their health and their loved ones.
The uncomfortable truth is that Donald Trump left America exposed and vulnerable to this pandemic. He ignored the warnings of health experts and intelligence agencies and put his trust in China's leaders instead.
We need more doses IMMEDIATELY so we can protect the most vulnerable residents in our city. We need more doses so we can fight back. the hospital workers are the people who, if they get sick, the hospital capacity will collapse.
There is far too little evidence of the $ 100 billion per year that was promised to help climate vulnerable countries to meet this challenge. But those funds were promised to arrive by 2020 and we are still waiting, you can not adapt to lost cultures, traditions and history. You can not adapt to starvation. It's time for leaders to put loss and damage at the center of the climate negotiations.
We think it is going to be a very close call, communicating the future path of interest rates is very important and the Fed would be careful not to signal any excessive tightening given global markets are still very vulnerable.
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- الArabic
- zranitelnýCzech
- sårbarDanish
- verletzlichGerman
- vulnerableSpanish
- آسیبپذیرPersian
- haavoittuvainen, herkkäFinnish
- vulnérableFrench
- vulnerableGalician
- so-lhotteyManx
- sebezhetőHungarian
- rentanIndonesian
- vulnerabileItalian
- 脆い, 傷つきやすい, 弱いJapanese
- მოწყვლადიGeorgian
- ដែលងាយធ្វើអោយឈឺចាប់Khmer
- 약한Korean
- pažeidžiamas, pažeidžiamaLithuanian
- kwetsbaarDutch
- sårbarNorwegian
- vulnerávelPortuguese
- уязвимыйRussian
- рањивSerbo-Croatian
- utsatt, sårbarSwedish
- హానిTelugu
- อ่อนแอThai
- savunmasızTurkish
- خطرناکUrdu
- dễ bị tổn thươngVietnamese
- 弱勢Chinese
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