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- DictionaryVul·ner·a·ble/ˈvəlnər(ə)bəl/
adjective
- 1. susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm: "we were in a vulnerable position" Similar in dangerin perilin jeopardyat riskendangeredunsafeunprotectedill-protectedunguardedopen to attackattackableassailableexposedwide openundefendedunshieldedunfortifiedunarmedwithout armswithout weaponsdefenselesseasily hurt/wounded/damagedpowerlesshelplessrare:pregnableimpuissantresistlessexposed toopen towide open toliable toprone toprey tosusceptible tosubject tonot abovein danger ofat risk ofat the mercy ofan easy target foreasily affected byin the firing linerare:susceptive ofOpposite well protectedinvulnerableresilientimmune toabove
- ▪ (of a person) in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, or risk of abuse or neglect: "employees must be better trained in how to deal with vulnerable young people"
- ▪ (of a partnership) liable to higher penalties, either by convention or through having won one game toward a rubber: "the authors advise a variable no-trump opening bid which means weak non-vulnerable and strong vulnerable"
Word Origin early 17th century: from late Latin vulnerabilis, from Latin vulnerare ‘to wound’, from vulnus ‘wound’.
Derivatives
- 1. vulnerableness noun
- 2. vulnerably adverb
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