vulnerability

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Noun

vulnerability (countable and uncountable; plural vulnerabilities)

1. (uncountable) Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

   The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.

2. (countable) a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.

Related terms

• vulnerable

Translations

The state of being vulnerable

Dutch: kwetsbaarheid (nl) f. Finnish: haavoittuvuus (fi), alttius (fi), herkkyys (fi) French: vulnérabilité (fr) German: Verwundbarkeit (de) f. Japanese: 脆弱性 (zeijakusei)

Manx: so-lhottaght (gv) f. Portuguese: vulnerabilidade (pt) f. Romanian: vulnerabilitate (ro) f. Spanish: vulnerabilidad (es) f. Swedish: sårbarhet (sv) c.

Susceptibility to attack or injury

Dutch: kwetsbaarheid (nl) f., zwakke plek (nl) f. Finnish: haavoittuvuus, alttius, herkkyys French: vulnérabilité (fr)

Japanese: 脆弱性 (zeijakusei) Manx: so-lhottaght (gv) f. Swedish: sårbarhet (sv) c.

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Italian: vulnerabilità

Hebrew: נקודת תורפה

Antonyms

• invulnerability