adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a vulnerable position (=a situation in which you might be harmed)
▪ Today we are in the vulnerable position of producing barely half our own food.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ The vines are greedy - hardy, and they push deep roots down into the soil, but they are also vulnerable.
▪ BBut Republicans are also vulnerable on the foreign-money issue.
▪ Strategic planning is also vulnerable to sudden changes in the business environment.
▪ They are also vulnerable to the stresses and strains of a larger cosmic struggle and can become casualties in the process.
▪ The official reserve itself is also vulnerable to changes in exchange rate, which compounds the problem of ensuring adequate reserves.
▪ Worried and preoccupied people are also vulnerable to accidents, perhaps especially on the roads either as drivers or pedestrians.
as
▪ There was just a trembling being as vulnerable as any other woman, a being who had craved much, much more.
▪ She figured the guys could see for themselves then that he could be as vulnerable as the next man.
▪ The Royal Family is showing itself to be just as vulnerable to social change as the rest of us.
▪ Suddenly, it is seen as vulnerable.
▪ So that old kungfu contradiction appears yet again: by doubling his striking power the practitioner makes himself twice as vulnerable.
▪ Companies that were seen as vulnerable to a Labour victory led share prices upwards.
▪ She feels as insignificant as the worms that burrow beneath the sand and as vulnerable.
▪ The most recently adopted scheme, the 1990 Budget Enforcement Act, had proved as vulnerable to evasion as its predecessors.
equally
▪ Its similar policy made it equally vulnerable to the change in New Zealand policy.
▪ Cereal and root crops are equally vulnerable to rabbit damage.
especially
▪ Untenured and part-time instructors are especially vulnerable, because low evaluation scores can threaten their jobs.
▪ Servers are especially vulnerable to service overloading.
▪ Secluded rear doors are especially vulnerable: they are often forced open with a simple well-aimed kick.
▪ The research is especially vulnerable if the data are collected from personal interviews.
▪ This makes the sperm, like all rapidly developing cells, especially vulnerable to damage from chemicals or radiation.
▪ Nuclear power stations are especially vulnerable to this kind of drift, which can damage piping.
▪ Pensions are essentially low incomes and low incomes are especially vulnerable to the effects of inflation.
▪ Enrolled or second-level nurses are especially vulnerable when attempting to convert to first-level registration.
extremely
▪ She believed the department had left itself extremely vulnerable in acting without any form of approval by the committee.
▪ It must be real or it damages the process and a person in the extremely vulnerable Dying Time.
▪ She felt absolutely helpless and extremely vulnerable standing completely unclothed under his watchful eyes.
▪ The immune system withers under the viral attack, leaving the body extremely vulnerable to other painful and life-threatening diseases.
▪ The other crab, rather than being left homeless and therefore extremely vulnerable to predators, instantly jumped into the broken shell.
▪ She felt extremely vulnerable at the side of this powerful man.
▪ And once in range, without hands to protect yourself, you are extremely vulnerable.
▪ As I said, whoever has grabbed you is extremely vulnerable.
highly
▪ But that is a highly vulnerable position for any politician to take-and I doubt if it offers the whole answer.
▪ All season these Bruins have been intensely competitive and highly vulnerable.
▪ First, this phase - though valuable - is obviously highly vulnerable.
▪ But this ideological construction is highly vulnerable, one might even say feeble.
▪ This left them highly vulnerable to harvest failures such as those of 1891 and 1901.
▪ She was highly vulnerable to sharp downturns in the economy and from 1900 to 1903 suffered particularly severely from an international depression.
▪ Older workers were a highly vulnerable section of the work-force, and could offer little resistance to wage cuts.
▪ He then picked it up delicately between thumb and forefinger, as if he held something highly vulnerable in tweezers.
how
▪ Have you no sense at all, can't you see how vulnerable you were, out in that street all by yourself?
▪ But this big loss to Vanderbilt shows her just how vulnerable the team is.
▪ He knew how vulnerable people's heads were, and how important his own was.
▪ This shows how vulnerable its success still was.
▪ I could remember only how vulnerable People were, the females in particular.
▪ I began to see how vulnerable I was, and how visible, and it sobered me.
▪ Those few moments in his embrace had shown her all too clearly just how vulnerable she was where he was concerned.
▪ She could feel tears stinging the back of her eyes, but she would not let him see how vulnerable she was.
increasingly
▪ The wave of defections, however, which political analysts expect to continue this week, has left Mr Estrada increasingly vulnerable.
▪ Today, managerial and professional workers have become increasingly vulnerable.
▪ Police on the beat are feeling increasingly vulnerable.
▪ In fact, with their economic and technological dependencies intact, the work was increasingly vulnerable to the crisis.
less
▪ The mooring is more stable and less vulnerable to weather than that at Dunbar.
▪ Quinn decided he would be less vulnerable in another spot and removed himself to the waiting room.
▪ Elves are long-lived, some say immortal, and less vulnerable to disease than humans.
▪ Elers said the combined company will be less vulnerable to such problems, because its supply will be more diversified.
▪ Roy Jenkins, an extremely sensible man who is less vulnerable to criticism than most, regarded the matter with mild amusement.
▪ This makes their prices less vulnerable to sudden drops.
▪ Johnson maintains that men are less vulnerable than women to reproductive damage.
▪ You are less vulnerable in a culture characterized by struggle, hostility, and competition.
more
▪ This is largely because of faster construction and very competitive pricing which have made contractors more vulnerable to the financial effects of disruption.
▪ However, he said that the punitive award to the estate of Nicole Brown Simpson might be more vulnerable.
▪ To a greater or less extent this applies to all our sea-birds, but some are more vulnerable than others.
▪ It states that the more involved and intense a relationship becomes, the more vulnerable you are when things go wrong.
▪ They also leave them more vulnerable to losing their insurance.
▪ They tend to feel more vulnerable, so they get close to the ground.
▪ The extremist characterization frightened away mainstream civil rights organizations, which made Hampton even more vulnerable to attack.
▪ He felt more vulnerable outside, running around with the other kids, with only one adult watching from the sidelines.
most
▪ The most vulnerable cells were those which the body renews most frequently; especially the white blood cells, including the lymphocytes.
▪ The cutting off of oil supplies hit the Navy at its most vulnerable spot.
▪ And the most distinctive languages are often the most vulnerable - those of native peoples.
▪ She always treated him this way, even when he was most vulnerable, told him exactly what she thought.
▪ The most vulnerable areas of working time for me are those of contact with pupils and curriculum development.
▪ It was in the locker room that he felt most vulnerable to the aggressive behavior of the other early adolescent boys.
▪ To do so would run the risk of compromising the most vulnerable part of the operation.
▪ Police say the bandits stalk their prey carefully, finding out who is most vulnerable.
particularly
▪ The building trade alone, which is particularly vulnerable to paramilitary intimidation, loses millions of pounds a year.
▪ When you are first struggling to make your business a success, you are particularly vulnerable.
▪ Amphibians are particularly vulnerable to hot and dry conditions because their skins are so delicate and permeable to water.
▪ The automaker was particularly vulnerable because it keeps only a short supply of extra parts to save costs.
▪ Books, newspapers and magazines look particularly vulnerable.
▪ Coastal geographic states, such as Florida, would be particularly vulnerable to ice cap melting associated with such an increase.
▪ Lettuce and spinach are particularly vulnerable to nitrogen uptake.
▪ None of those options would exist in the adult prison system, and he would be particularly vulnerable to brutalisation.
so
▪ So strange to find himself so vulnerable.
▪ Economies are no longer so vulnerable.
▪ We depend upon it completely ... and our dependence makes us so vulnerable to its dark side.
▪ They were so innocent, so vulnerable, so eager to behave decently.
▪ The government looked so vulnerable that even irreproachable traditionalists among the landowning nobility concluded that political reform was inescapable.
▪ How could a man in his position take advantage of so vulnerable a creature as Melanie Gandell?
▪ The backs of their necks are so vulnerable, she thought.
▪ Labour soon regained its lead in the polls, but was clearly shaken to discover that it could be so vulnerable.
too
▪ A virtue which, I realize, makes me too vulnerable, but I am not going to discard it now.
▪ It is untested, too risky and too vulnerable to disastrous financial consequences.
▪ It is all too vulnerable to change.
▪ Several women felt too vulnerable or exposed to remain; another left dramatically, announcing that her anger would destroy the group.
▪ She felt too vulnerable, sitting here naked in bed.
very
▪ She felt very vulnerable and awkward as she followed him into the room.
▪ Often, this left them in very vulnerable positions militarily, and yet we do not find any walls or fortifications.
▪ The turmoil brought about by our wants can make us very vulnerable and afraid.
▪ I think you grow out of it a little bit, but initially you are very vulnerable.
▪ You are very vulnerable while you are standing fumbling in your handbag or pockets.
▪ But it is also very vulnerable now that we understand it.
▪ Britain is very vulnerable to these currency movements because we are a medium-sized economy heavily dependent on imports and exports.
▪ This tiny camp in the wilderness looked very lonely, very vulnerable to the forces of nature ranged silently around it.
■ NOUN
area
▪ And most of them will live in the most vulnerable areas of the developing world: cities.
▪ The most vulnerable areas of working time for me are those of contact with pupils and curriculum development.
▪ Instead, they would have had the opportunity to work on their more vulnerable areas as they were growing up.
▪ This limit is to be obligatory in vulnerable areas which are to be designated over the next two years.
▪ Unfortunately, latex is not suitable for borders since it dries too quickly and is not durable for exposed and vulnerable areas.
▪ In the more vulnerable areas there was serious depopulation as villages were abandoned.
child
▪ These are our most vulnerable children, and they deserve our best support and protection.
▪ We should not just trust people to get on with the task of caring for vulnerable children.
group
▪ These research subjects are presumed to be ignorant and vulnerable groups in society and almost always include students.
▪ The other particularly vulnerable group are women.
▪ Finally, certain vulnerable groups were most affected by these changes, notably black families living in inner city deprived areas.
▪ Those over 70 and certain other vulnerable groups are entitled to receive advice and assistance connected with wills.
▪ Children represent the most vulnerable group in residential areas, whether on foot or as cyclists.
▪ One such vulnerable group is women.
▪ It is however essential for the drinks industry to ensure that its advertising campaigns do not target vulnerable groups such as young people.
▪ Social workers must recognise, therefore, that in racist societies they are working with a potentially vulnerable group.
member
▪ Those likely to suffer most from this loss of collaborative endeavour will be the most vulnerable members of the community.
▪ Public aid to the needy and even public sanitation tended to perpetuate the more vulnerable members of the race.
people
▪ As more and more frauds emerge it becomes apparent that conmen are trying to dupe vulnerable people.
▪ They are the most vulnerable people.
▪ We might deplore that, but it shows that the national minimum wage has harmed the most vulnerable people in that society.
▪ Miss Scott and her father are now being cared for by Newcastle social services in a home for vulnerable people.
▪ From today, the way we look after elderly, disabled and vulnerable people undergoes a major change.
▪ Staff say many vulnerable people have no option but to sleep on the streets.
▪ This idea potentially oversimplifies the actual process of offering vulnerable people choices which might result in their leading fuller lives.
position
▪ But that is a highly vulnerable position for any politician to take-and I doubt if it offers the whole answer.
▪ Often, this left them in very vulnerable positions militarily, and yet we do not find any walls or fortifications.
▪ At a consultation you're not in the vulnerable position that you are in a hairdresser's chair.
▪ A defeat means fifth place and a vulnerable position.
▪ I don't very often feel frightened, but then I don't often put myself in that vulnerable position.
▪ And you are really in a vulnerable position, since over 50 percent of your financing is federal funding.
▪ The Armagnacs were in a particularly vulnerable position as a result of the geographical location of their lands.
▪ People are really in a vulnerable position.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a small vulnerable child in need of protection
▪ Ground floor windows are particularly vulnerable and secure locks should be fitted.
▪ His victims are vulnerable young women.
▪ I've been feeling very vulnerable since we broke up.
▪ The bridge is extremely vulnerable.
▪ The tanks' positions made them vulnerable to enemy gunfire.
▪ The virus leaves sufferers vulnerable to a range of infections.
▪ Wild animals are at their most vulnerable when they are asleep.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But although the more vulnerable of the two, Eleanor may be the more complex.
▪ His victims are vulnerable women whom he can control.
▪ I was vulnerable to everyone and everything.
▪ The most vulnerable person here is your 15-year-old son.
▪ The Western hemisphere would soon be in range of and vulnerable to Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles, carrying megaton warheads.
▪ We're vulnerable to another takeover bid, especially if there's another recession.