vulnerable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Late Latin vulnerābilis (“injurious, wounding”), from Latin vulnerō (“to wound”).
Inflected forms:
form: more vulnerable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most vulnerable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
pos: adj
examples: In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’
The elimination of [Roger] Federer after [Rafael] Nadal's loss to Lukas Rosol would have created mild panic among the fans of these gloriously gifted but now clearly vulnerable geniuses.
One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
You are vulnerable to be bullied by someone at school.
gloss: More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
pos: adj
examples: It's okay to get vulnerable every now and again.
gloss: More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
pos: adj
examples: a vulnerable PC with no antivirus software
gloss: at moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.
pos: adj
examples: Welsh is merely a vulnerable language, but Irish and Scottish Gaelic are definitely endangered.
Synonyms: defenceless
helpless
powerless
unguarded
unprotected
weak
woundable
Antonyms: durable
indomitable
invincible
invulnerable
powerful
strong
Derived words: vulnerability
vulnerably
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: عرضة
lang: Arabic
word: عُرْضَة لِلْجَرْح
lang: Arabic
word: هَشّ
roman: hašš
lang: Arabic
word: ضَعِيْف
roman: ḍaʕiyf
lang: Armenian
word: խոցելի
roman: xocʻeli
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dişbatan
lang: Basque
word: zaurgarri
lang: Belarusian
word: уразлі́вы
roman: urazlívy
lang: Bulgarian
word: уязви́м
roman: ujazvím
lang: Catalan
word: vulnerable
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 脆弱的
roman: cuìruò de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 敏感的
roman: mǐngǎn de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 易損的 /易损的
roman: yìsǔn de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 弱勢的 /弱势的
roman: ruòshì de
lang: Czech
word: zranitelný
lang: Danish
word: sårbar
lang: Dutch
word: kwetsbaar
lang: Esperanto
word: vundebla
lang: Faroese
word: viðbrekin
lang: Finnish
word: haavoittuvainen
lang: Finnish
word: herkkä
lang: French
word: vulnérable
lang: Galician
word: vulnerable
lang: Georgian
word: დაუცველი
roman: daucveli
lang: Georgian
word: მოწყვლადი
roman: moc̣q̇vladi
lang: German
word: verletzlich
lang: German
word: verwundbar
lang: German
word: empfindlich
lang: Greek
word: ευάλωτος
roman: eválotos
lang: Hebrew
word: פגיע
lang: Hindi
word: असुरक्षित
roman: asurakṣit
lang: Hungarian
word: sebezhető
lang: Hungarian
word: sérülékeny
lang: Hungarian
word: veszélyeztetett
lang: Hungarian
word: fenyegetett
lang: Hungarian
word: támadható
lang: Icelandic
word: særanlegur
lang: Icelandic
word: viðkvæmur
lang: Indonesian
word: rentan
lang: Irish
word: soghonta
lang: Italian
word: vulnerabile
lang: Japanese
word: 傷つきやすい
roman: kizutsuki-yasui
lang: Japanese
word: 脆い
roman: moroi
lang: Japanese
word: 弱い
roman: yowai
lang: Japanese
word: 脆弱な
roman: zeijaku na
lang: Kazakh
word: қорғансыз
roman: qorğansyz
lang: Khmer
word: ដែលងាយធ្វើអោយឈឺចាប់
roman: dael ngiey tvəə aoy cʰɨɨ cap
lang: Korean
word: 상처 입기 쉬운
roman: sangcheo ipgi swiun
lang: Korean
word: 취약한
roman: chwiyakhan
lang: Korean
word: 연약한
roman: yeonyakhan
lang: Latin
word: forābilis
lang: Lithuanian
word: pažeidžiamas
lang: Macedonian
word: ра́нлив
roman: ránliv
lang: Manx
word: so-lhottey
lang: Māori
word: pānekeneke
lang: Māori
word: whakaraerae
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sårbar
lang: Persian
word: آسیبپذیر
roman: âsib-pazir
lang: Polish
word: wrażliwy
lang: Polish
word: bezbronny
lang: Portuguese
word: vulnerável
lang: Romanian
word: vulnerabil
lang: Russian
word: уязви́мый
roman: ujazvímyj
lang: Russian
word: рани́мый
roman: ranímyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: рањив
roman: ranjiv
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rànjiv
lang: Sicilian
word: vurniràbbili
lang: Slovak
word: zraniteľný
lang: Slovene
word: ranljiv
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: zranjobny
lang: Spanish
word: vulnerable
lang: Swedish
word: sårbar
lang: Swedish
word: utsatt
lang: Thai
word: เปราะบาง
lang: Ukrainian
word: ура́зливий
roman: urázlyvyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: уразли́вий
roman: urazlývyj
lang: Vietnamese
word: dễ tổn thương