vulnerability
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From vulnerable + -ability.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/
Audio (US) (file) - (proscribed) IPA(key): /ˌvʌn(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/
- Rhymes: -ɪlɪti
- Hyphenation: vul‧ner‧a‧bil‧i‧ty
Noun[edit]
vulnerability (countable and uncountable, plural vulnerabilities)
- (uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; 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.
- 2019, Bridget Sweet, Thinking Outside the Voice Box, page 71:
- Again, voice change is not easy and vulnerability plays a big part, but if choral teachers and adolescent singers approach it with the right mindframe, the experience can be empowering, enlightening, and restorative for all involved.
- (countable) A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
- (computing) A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security.
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Translations[edit]
state of being vulnerable
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specific weakness
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computing: type of weakness
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security vulnerability — see hole
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