vulnerable
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The poor and the vulnerable should be actively included in the recovery efforts and should be helped onto the path towards a low-carbon economy.
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- adjective Susceptible to physical or emotional injury.
- adjective Susceptible to attack: "We are vulnerable both by water and land, without either fleet or army” (Alexander Hamilton).
- adjective Open to censure or criticism; assailable.
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- In spite of my exploit she found me helpless and vulnerable, which is of course the prerogative of all mothers, and at the same time curiously wise and reminiscent of certain rotund statuettes of Buddha. — An Autobiography
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Perhaps the most vulnerable is National Express East Coast, which bid £1bn in 2007 when it replaced GNER on the route from London to Edinburgh, after that operator's parent company went bust.
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The poor and the vulnerable should be actively included in the recovery efforts and should be helped onto the path towards a low-carbon economy.
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"In Tucson, education, health care, services for the vulnerable are all being whacked," he said.
— azcentral.com | news - "Incredible!" — False Front
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- Late Latin vulnerābilis, wounding, from Latin vulnerāre, to wound, from vulnus, vulner-, wound; see welə- in Indo-European roots.
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/ (vŭlˈnər-ə-bəl)/
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