vulnerability
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5.1
- noun
- /ˌvʌlnəˈbɪləti/
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vulnerabilidad
- In her speech, she discussed the emotional vulnerability that comes from sharing personal stories.
- reduce vulnerability
- exploit vulnerabilities
- vulnerability to attack
You can't share your fears, your hopes, your vulnerabilities, your aspirations.
- You can't share your fears, your hopes, your vulnerabilities, your aspirations.
- They will use your vulnerabilities against you.
- So when you fear vulnerability, you fear love.
- And my wife really taught me that vulnerability is not weakness,
- So that kind of vulnerability is essential to intimacy.
- Even in my vulnerability, I am strong.
- This is the area of greatest vulnerability for children who are dyslexic.
- And seduction involves a sense of vulnerability, right?
- Cross site scripting is the number one vulnerability on the web today.
- I don't know when you're on set, embrace your vulnerability as a filmmaker.
- And can you find this vulnerability in you?
- Just just talk to them, you know, show your vulnerability.
- And when you have those weaknesses, they become vulnerabilities.
- And so, yeah, the the vulnerabilities of doing what we do.
- It helps people who have heart, heart vulnerabilities patients, they do better.
- So there is that time of vulnerability and most actually sleep.
Examples
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So that kind of vulnerability is essential to intimacy.
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What I'm saying is that the human element of Human Resources is our biggest point of vulnerability.
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And the question is, is vulnerability good or bad?
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And just think of the vulnerability, the vulnerability that people now have.
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So when you fear vulnerability, you fear love.
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Even in my vulnerability, I am strong.
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Thank you, each of you, for your sharing and your vulnerability in public.
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Your honesty and your vulnerability of story has impacted people I know.
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A man whose quiet confidence and heroic vulnerability inspire me to be a better person.
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The nation's current economic crisis amplifies the vulnerability of high-risk individuals.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.5
Being in contact with something that can affect you
17
5.2
Something that is easy to break or damage, like glass
11
7.1
A state of being easily affected or harmed by something
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7.4
A situation where people or things can be hurt
Being without safety and open to harm or attack
A lack of care that makes someone easy to take advantage of
How easy it is for people to attack or harm something
Being easily affected or influenced by something
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.6
A software flaw attackers use before developers know or fix it
How Vulnerable
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3.8
17
5.2
11
7.1
156
5.1
- Specialized
54
4.1
5
7.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
vulnerability = vulnerable (transparent) = vulner + ity
Standard noun formation from the adjective 'vulnerable' using the suffix '-ity' to denote the state or condition.
Etymology
The word vulnerability comes from the old root vuln- meaning 'wound' and is the same root as in vulnerable. So, vulnerability is like an 'open wound', something that can be easily hurt or attacked.