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   vulnerable

   /ˈvʌln(ə)rəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally: "we were in a vulnerable position" Similar in dangerin perilin jeopardyat riskendangeredunsafeunprotectedill-protectedunguardedopen to attackattackableassailableexposedwide openundefendedunshieldedunfortifiedunarmedwithout armswithout weaponsdefencelesseasily 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: "the scheme will help charities working with vulnerable adults and young people"
   • ▪ (of a partnership) liable to higher penalties, either by convention or through having won one game towards 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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