Definitions for vulnerability
vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. vulnerability, exposurenoun

   the state of being vulnerable or exposed

   "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"

2. vulnerabilitynoun

   susceptibility to injury or attack

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. vulnerabilitynoun

   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. vulnerabilitynoun

   a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.

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1. vulnerability

   Vulnerability is a state or condition of being susceptible to harm, damage, or attacks from both external and internal factors. This can be applied in various contexts, such as individuals being vulnerable to emotional or physical harm, a system or network open to security breaches, or populations at risk due to social, political, environmental, or economic forces.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vulnerabilitynoun

   the quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vulnerability

   1. The susceptibility of a nation or military force to any action by any means through which its war potential or combat effectiveness may be reduced or its will to fight diminished. 2. The characteristics of a system that cause it to suffer a definite degradation (incapability to perform the designated mission) as a result of having been subjected to a certain level of effects in an unnatural (man-made) hostile environment. 3. In information operations, a weakness in information system security design, procedures, implementation, or internal controls that could be exploited to gain

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1. • Danger
   • Weakness

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vulnerability in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vulnerability in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of vulnerability in a Sentence

1. Dan Maguire:

   Either way, the intelligence community is undoubtedly conducting damage assessments and evaluating the viability of any ongoing operation that may have been exposed to unauthorized personnel. The vulnerability of HRC’s server to foreign government hacking cannot be overlooked - even the DCI, John Brennan, has been the target of hackers.

2. Jeffrey Howard:

   One of the main messages, I think, from this is really that there’s a much bigger societal problem facing pregnant women and new mothers who are in that postpartum period where, you know, that’s a very stressful time of life. What this points to is that there’s particular vulnerability in this population to some of these other social factors.

3. Jessica Vaughan:

   This one family offers a study into how easy it is to get into this country through marriage, if anyone can take advantage of it, then terrorists can certainly take advantage of it. It is a major security vulnerability.

4. Mark Rosekind:

   The supplier didn’t just supply radios to Chrysler but to a lot of other manufacturers, a lot of our work now is trying to find out how broad the vulnerability could be.

5. Macharia Kamau:

   These climactic events are also exposing the vulnerability of our grand plans for fighting poverty and sustaining our infrastructure.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=vulnerability
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vulnerability
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vulnerability
5. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=vulnerability