vulnerable

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vul·ner·able BrE [ˈvʌlnərəbl] NAmE [ˈvʌlnərəbl] adjective ~ (to sb/sth)
weak and easily hurt physically or emotionally
•to be vulnerable to attack
•Old people are particularly vulnerable to the flu.
•She looked very vulnerable standing there on her own.
•In cases of food poisoning, young children are especially vulnerable.
•The sudden resignation of the financial director put the company in a very vulnerable position.
•We should protect the most vulnerable members of our society.
•Animals are at their most vulnerable when searching for food for their young.
Derived Words: ↑vulnerability ▪ ↑vulnerably

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from late Latin vulnerabilis, from Latin vulnerare ‘to wound’, from vulnus ‘wound’.

Example Bank:
•Hippos are uniquely vulnerable to drought.
•She is very sensitive and rather vulnerable.
•The company is in an economically vulnerable position.
•The virus attacks the immune system, leaving your body vulnerable to infections.
•These offices are highly vulnerable to terrorist attack.
•You must try not to appear vulnerable.
•Exhaustion from their long and fruitless war had left them vulnerable to attack.
•The sudden resignation of the financial director put the company in a very vulnerable position.


Example Bank:
•The earthquake highlighted the vulnerability of elevated highways.
•The gang had taken advantage of the immigrants' vulnerability.
•We attempt to fix security vulnerabilities as soon as possible.
•evidence of a genetic vulnerability to cancer
•the economic vulnerability of unskilled workers
•the extreme vulnerability of old people to crime
•the naked vulnerability in his eyes