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# vulnerability

«vulnerability» in Mova's school dictionary: **being easy to hurt, harm or attack, in body or feelings** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a vulnerability, vulnerabilities; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Vulnerability is being easy to hurt, harm or attack, in body or feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#m1)

2) A vulnerability is a weak point that could let something bad happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#m2)

3) (computers) A vulnerability is a weakness in a program that hackers could use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#m3)

4) Vulnerability can also mean being open and honest about your feelings, even when it is hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in safety and wellbeing lessons (showing your feelings is brave), in computing (security vulnerabilities), in science (vulnerability of species), and in stories (a hero's weak spot).

### examples

- The castle's vulnerability was its weak back gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#x1)
- Babies and old people have a greater vulnerability to cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#x2)
- Achilles' heel was his only vulnerability. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#x3)
- The update fixed a vulnerability in the app. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#x4)
- Talking about your worries shows vulnerability, and that takes courage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#x5)
- Islands have a vulnerability to rising seas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#x6)
- The team found the vulnerability in the other side's defence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#x7)

### note

Adjective: «vulnerable». Plural «vulnerabilities» for several weak points. Vulnerability is not the same as weakness of character: showing feelings can be a strength.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vulnerability» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.