vulnerable
pronunciation
How to pronounce vulnerable in British English:
UK [ˈvʌlnərəbl]
How to pronounce vulnerable in American English:
US [ˈvʌlnərəbl]
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- Adjective:
- susceptible to attack
- susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
- capable of being wounded or hurt
- susceptible to physical or emotional injury
Word Origin
- vulnerable (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Late Latin vulnerabilis "wounding," from Latin vulnerare "to wound, hurt, injure, maim," from vulnus (genitive vulneris) "wound," perhaps related to vellere "pluck, to tear" (see svelte), or from PIE *wele-nes-, from *wele- (2) "to strike, wound" (see Valhalla).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Eyes are as vulnerable as ears and noses .
- 2. How vulnerable are you to model error ?
- 3. No matter how well its transmissions are encrypted , the device itself remains vulnerable to being hacked .
- 4. The russians claim that their country is as vulnerable to islamist terrorism and radicalism as anywhere in the west .
- 5. Pilotless planes require more people on the ground , are slow and vulnerable , and hungry for satellite bandwidth .