VULNERABLENESS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

vulnerableness

noun

Definition of vulnerableness

as in violability

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Noun

Lou, in Álvarez’s hands, is a particularly compelling combination of vulnerability and certainty.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Fortune was one of the first to report on OpenAI’s disclosure that its models broke away from human control and attacked Hugging Face by exploiting a security vulnerability.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of vulnerability

Noun

The study defined high-exposure counties as having median annual emissions of 51 pounds of ethylbenzene and 44 pounds of toulene.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Shape-memory polymers can be programmed to return to a particular shape after exposure to a stimulus, often heat.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of exposure

Noun

Harald said in an interview at the time that Europe's royal families should not be ‌tempted to reverse ⁠moves towards openness and retreat to their palace towers.

— Terje Solsvik, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Wolff extended his contract with Austin this winter but expressed an openness to a new challenge, sources said.

— Tom Bogert, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of openness

Noun

That’s evident in NOAA's hurricane messaging, when forecasts warn those in harm's way to pay less attention to the category and more attention to the potential impacts of each particular storm.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of harm's way

Noun

Under existing law, studios can choose to get cash back instead of claiming the incentives as a credit against tax liability — but at the cost of a 10% discount, with a payback period of five years.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
In 2000, when a small tanker carrying no liability insurance and no class certificate sank off Abu Dhabi, the Funds paid claimants in the United Arab Emirates anyway.

— Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

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