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# vulnerability

noun (a vulnerability, vulnerabilities; also uncountable)

«vulnerability» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Vulnerability is being easy to hurt, harm or attack, in body or feelings. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/#m4)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vulnerability» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vulnerability/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vulnerability» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vulnerability.html) on Mova free.