vulnerable

(vŭl'nər-ə-bəl)
adj.

1. 1. Susceptible to physical or emotional injury.
   2. Susceptible to attack: "We are vulnerable both by water and land, without either fleet or army" (Alexander Hamilton).
   3. Open to censure or criticism; assailable.
2. 1. Liable to succumb, as to persuasion or temptation.
   2. Games. In a position to receive greater penalties or bonuses in a hand of bridge. In a rubber, used of the pair of players who score 100 points toward game.

[Late Latin vulnerābilis, wounding, from Latin vulnerāre, to wound, from vulnus, vulner-, wound.]

vulnerability vul'ner·a·bil'i·ty or vul'ner·a·ble·ness n.
vulnerably vul'ner·a·bly adv.

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adjective

1. Tending to incur: liable, open, prone, subject, susceptible, susceptive. See likely/unlikely.
2. Open to attack and capture because of a lack of protection: assailable, attackable, pregnable, vincible. See strong/weak.

adj

Definition: open to attack
Antonyms: closed, guarded, protected, safe, secure

IN BRIEF: That which can be hurt, destroyed or attacked. Also: Sensitive.

People become more vulnerable to illness when they get tired and run down.

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• Submissive, Uncertain, or Tentative

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sårbar, følsom, angribelig, udsat

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwetsbaar, niet goed verdedigd

Français (French)
adj. - vulnérable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - empfindlich, verwundbar, angreifbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευάλωτος, ευπαθής, εκτεθειμένος

Italiano (Italian)
vulnerabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - vulnerável

Русский (Russian)
уязвимый, ранимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - vulnerable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sårbar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易受伤害的, 易受攻击的, 有弱点的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易受傷害的, 易受攻擊的, 有弱點的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 상하기 쉬운, (비난 등을) 받기 쉬운, (카드) 벌점의 위험도 큰

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 傷つきやすい, 攻撃されやすい, 弱い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حساس, , غير حصين, يسهل مهاجمته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פגיע, חלש, לא מבוצר‬

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