Short-term effects of smoking include unfitness, wheezing, a general vulnerability to illness, bad breath, bad skin and so on.
Source: tatoeba (19959)
Vulnerability
/ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪləti/
Synonyms for "vulnerability" (94 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Noun(13 words)
emotional exposureemotional opennessemotional susceptibilityexposeexposuresfeeblenessflawfragilityfrailnessfrailtiesglitcheshigh collapsibilityinsecurity
Adjective(1 words)
fragile reef ecosystem
Related words (47)
jeopardylacerabilitylack of preparationliabilitynonpreparationnonpreparednessopennesspenetrabilityperilplanlessnesspregnabilitysoft spotsusceptibilitysusceptivityunfitnessunfittednessunpreparednessunqualificationunqualifiednessunreadiness
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Noun(16 words)
logjamloopholeloopholesnakednessrisksecurity flawsecurity gapsensitivitysensitivity to emotionstream cipher algorithmsusceptibilityunderbelliesunprotectionvictimizationvulnerablenessweakness
Adjective(1 words)
technological interdependence
Verb(1 words)
weaken defenses
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More general
7 entriesMore specific
10 entriesSQL injectionattachment vulnerabilitybuffer overflowclinical vulnerabilitycross site scriptingecological vulnerabilityeconomic vulnerabilityinterpersonal vulnerabilityromantic vulnerabilitystructural vulnerability
Collocations
5 entriessecurity vulnerabilitysystem vulnerabilityvulnerability assessmentvulnerability disclosurevulnerability management
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
4 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- heikkous noun (specific weakness)
Galician
1 entries- vulnerabilidade noun (specific weakness)
Greek
1 entries- αδυναμία noun (specific weakness)
Spanish
1 entries- vulnerabilidad noun (specific weakness)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Despite her hard exterior, she had a certain vulnerability that made her quite endearing.
Source: tatoeba (593743)
Embrace your vulnerability, feel your fear, love fully.
Source: tatoeba (703261)
The Northwest’s economy, infrastructure, natural systems, public health, and agriculture sectors all face important climate change related risks. Impacts on infrastructure, natural systems, human health, and economic sectors, combined with issues of social and ecological vulnerability, will unfold quite differently in largely natural areas, like the Cascade Range, than in urban areas like Seattle and Portland or among the region’s many Native American Tribes.
Source: tatoeba (3651105)
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