NOUN | state | vulnerability, exposure | the state of being vulnerable or exposed |
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attribute | vulnerability | susceptibility to injury or attack |
Sounds | vah.lnerahbih'lihtiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | The state of being vulnerable or exposed. | |
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Example | "his vulnerability to litigation" | |
Synonym | exposure | |
Broader | danger | The condition of being susceptible to harm or injury |
Spanish | vulnerabilidad | |
Adjectives | vulnerable | susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation |
vulnerable | capable of being wounded or hurt |
Meaning | susceptibility to injury or attack. | |
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Narrower | assailability | vulnerability to forceful attack |
defenselessness, defencelessness, unprotectedness | The property of being helpless in the face of attack | |
destructibility | vulnerability to destruction | |
exposure | vulnerability to the elements | |
fragility, breakability, frangibleness, frangibility | Quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | |
Broader | weakness | The property of lacking physical or mental strength |
Opposite | invulnerability | The property of being invulnerable |
Spanish | vulnerabilidad | |
Catalan | vulnerabilitat | |
Adjectives | vulnerable | susceptible to attack / attack / attack |
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