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. Christopher Kerr:

    We really need to respond to the reality of treatment of vulnerable people at the border, we believe our country should uphold values of dignity, values of being a king of a beacon of hope in our world. We see this as something thatsnot happening.

  2. John Kline:

    These reforms are an important part of our broader efforts to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic and provide these vulnerable families a better chance at a brighter future.

  3. Keith Ablow:

    If your job is adopting a persona who is not really who are you and maintaining it for many years inside and outside the ring to some extent, one could wonder whether you are also more vulnerable to using substances to try to maintain that identity, this could be an unhealthy alliance of certain psychological factors with the fallout from physical side effects that result when you try to maintain affliction.

  4. Christie Black:

    I feel like because the governor and the school board caved to peer pressure, it’s now up to my children not to cave to peer pressure, it just feels like we’re more concerned with our own freedom and rights than doing what’s best for the most vulnerable.

  5. Jonathan Veitch:

    It's a race against time to prevent the spread of cholera up the river Nile, especially during the rainy season. Our priority right now is reaching the most vulnerable children who urgently need clean water and vaccinations.

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