🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

취약성

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chwi-yak-seong

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vulnerability/ˌvʌl.nər.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 네트워크의 취약성을 보완해야 합니다."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

    "She showed great courage by exposing her vulnerability to the team."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin vulnerabilis, meaning 'wounding', from Latin vulnus 'a wound'. It entered the English language in the mid-17th century, evolving from a strictly physical sense of being susceptible to wounds into a broader psychological and emotional state of being exposed to harm or hurt.

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