Dictionary entry
Vulnerably
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Definition
vulnerable /'vʌlnǝrǝbl/ adj ~ (to sth/sb) ေပ်ာ့ကြက္၊ အားနည္း ခ်က္ရိွေသာ။ ခုခံႏိုင္စြမ္း မရိွေသာ။ အားႏြဲ႕ေသာ။ အားငယ္ေသာ။ Young birds are very vulnerable to predators. ❍ a vulnerable point in NATO's defences ❍ be vulnerable to abuse/blackmail/criticism ❍ a company vulnerable to takeover bids ❍ His wife's death left him feeling vulnerable and depressed. ❍ The election defeat puts the party leader in a vulnerable position. ❏ vulnerability /vʌlnǝrǝ'bÇlǝti/ n [U] ~ (to sth) ခုခံႏိုင္မႈအားနည္းျခင္း။ ေပ်ာ့ကြက္။ အားနည္းခ်က္။ factors affecting people's vulnerability to heart disease ❍ The earthquake highlighted the vulnerability of elevated bridges and roads. vulnerably /-ǝbli/ adv
Examples
- The government must help the most vulnerable groups in our society.
- [leave/make someone vulnerable] : Their constant arguments left her feeling increasingly vulnerable and insecure.
- [vulnerable to] : The long Russian frontier was highly vulnerable to a German attack.
- While feeding
- the birds are vulnerable to predators.
- This procedure has improved
- but it is still vulnerable to criticism.
- We are in the vulnerable position of producing barely half our food.
- [vulnerable to] : The wound is vulnerable to infection.