Collocations for "vulnerable"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "vulnerable" in context.
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vulnerable
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- vulnerable [patients, residents, families, children]
- vulnerable [groups, sections, areas, property]
- are vulnerable to [floods, disasters, attacks]
- have been left vulnerable by the [decision, storm]
- found themselves in a vulnerable [position, situation]
- have become [increasingly] vulnerable
- amongst the most vulnerable areas
- the most vulnerable to [theft, predators]
- the most vulnerable in [society, the area]
- are more vulnerable than [ever, before]
- [help, support] for the most vulnerable
- [especially, highly, extremely, increasingly] vulnerable
- was left vulnerable after
'vulnerable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):