VULNERABLENESS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

vulnerableness

noun

Definition of vulnerableness

as in violability

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Noun

The film’s Tony contains glimpses of the real Bourdain’s eventual swagger and charisma, but focuses more on his vulnerability.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
But instead, the assistant went further and found a vulnerability in the gym’s software, using it to secure spots months further in advance than the booking system was meant to allow.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of vulnerability

Noun

Environmental factors — including prenatal exposure to pollution, the age of the father, and maternal health — can also play a role.

— Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
But researchers say major gaps remain in understanding the long-term impacts of both acute and chronic exposure.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of exposure

Noun

Every cubic inch has been capitalized on, giving the yacht a sense of openness and grandeur that belies its overall length.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2026
With its brutal openness, her book reminded me of perhaps the very first memoir in the modern sense, Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of openness

Noun

This offers one possible explanation for teenage risk-taking behavior and susceptibility to peer influence.

— J. Todd R. Lawrence, STAT, 27 July 2026
Theories range from alien abductions to more scientific explanations like susceptibility to unexpected weather changes.

— Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026

Definition of susceptibility

Noun

Jones picked up the person to get them out of harm's way and brought them to the parking lot, off I-635 and Midway Road.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
The woman, Mary Evelyn Nicole Manning-Kellione, 39, managed to pull the boy out of harm's way but did not escape the raging flash flood.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 June 2026

Definition of harm's way

Noun

The watchdog also criticized internal affairs investigators’ reliance on deputies’ logs and detectives’ case files, which were oriented at establishing criminal liability, not examining institutional flaws.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026
Property owners will claim the hurricane absolves them of liability.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

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