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vulnerable (adjective):
1 : capable of being physically or emotionally wounded
2 : open to attack or damage
3 : liable to increased penalties but entitled to increased bonuses after winning a game in contract bridge
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Vulnerable is ultimately derived from the Latin noun vulnus (“wound”). Vulnus led to the Latin verb vulnerare, meaning “to wound,” and then to the Late Latin adjective vulnerabilis, which became vulnerable in English in the early 1600s. Vulnerable originally meant “capable of being physically wounded” or “having the power to wound” (the latter is now obsolete), but since the late 1600s, it has also been used figuratively to suggest a defenselessness against non-physical attacks. In other words, someone (or something) can be vulnerable to criticism or failure as well as to literal wounding. When it is used figuratively, vulnerable is often followed by the preposition to.
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