vulnerability
Other forms: vulnerabilities
Vulnerability is the quality of being easily hurt or attacked. Some seniors think it's funny to pick on the ninth graders because of their vulnerability.
Vulnerability comes from the Latin word for "wound," vulnus. Vulnerability is the state of being open to injuryor appearing as if you are. It might be emotionallike admitting that you're in love with someone who might only like you as a friendor it can be literallike the vulnerability of a soccer goal that's unprotected by any defensive players.
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the state of being exposed to harm
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susceptibility to injury or attackantonyms:invulnerabilitythe property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)types:defencelessness defenselessness unprotectednessthe property of being helpless in the face of attackassailabilityvulnerability to forceful attackdestructibilityvulnerability to destructionexposurevulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rainwind exposure windageexposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)type of:weaknessthe property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
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