0 the quality of being vulnerable (= able to be easily hurt, influenced, or attacked), or something that is vulnerable:
This country has the infrastructure to address our energy vulnerability.
She has recently lost her mother, increasing her emotional vulnerability.
The characters show their fears and vulnerabilities.
Predicting depression in women : the role of past and present vulnerability.
For example, pre-adaptation to cold may protect against subsequent exposure to ionizing radiation (positive acclimation), but may increase vulnerability to hypoxia (negative acclimation).
Effectiveness of targeting the vulnerability factors of depression in cognitive therapy.
Anything that worsens a population's economic well-being has the effect of increasing vulnerability to disease as well as to external pressures.