Usually means: Susceptible to harm or damage.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word vulnerable:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. vulnerable: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. vulnerable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. vulnerable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. vulnerable: Collins English Dictionary
  5. vulnerable: Vocabulary.com
  6. Vulnerable, vulnerable: Wordnik
  7. vulnerable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. vulnerable: Wiktionary
  9. vulnerable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. vulnerable: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. vulnerable: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. vulnerable: Dictionary.com
  13. vulnerable: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. vulnerable: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Vulnerable (Marvin Gaye album), Vulnerable (Roxette song), Vulnerable (The Used album), Vulnerable (Tricky album), Vulnerable (song), Vulnerable: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Vulnerable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. vulnerable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. vulnerable: Rhymezone
  19. vulnerable, vulnerable, vulnrable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. vulnerable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. vulnerable: Free Dictionary
  22. vulnerable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. vulnerable: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. Beginners' Bridge Glossay (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vulnerable: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vulnerable: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vulnerable: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vulnerable: Evolution Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vulnerable: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Vulnerable: Fifthchair Bridge

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
adjective:  Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.
adjective:  (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
adjective:  (of a language or species) at moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.

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