as in vulnerability
the quality or state of having little resistance to some outside agent
his aunt's unfortunate susceptibility to viruses meant she was nearly always sick a country parson who had a well-known susceptibility to anyone with a hard-luck story
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Recent Examples of susceptibility
With California comes the area’s susceptibility to intense weather, including wildfires, flooding, mudslides and earthquakes.
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Here is a list of qualities that may indicate the client’s susceptibility to fraud and the ways they can be checked by the bank employee:
Propensity For Freebies
• Offering a small gift for this kind of transaction.
—Dmitry Mishunin, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Worse, our susceptibility to these false claims aids U.S. adversaries, and puts public servants at risk.
—David Becker, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
Seeing the beauty of Earth and its fragility and susceptibility to natural disasters might change the way people feel about the environment.
—Charles Black, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Here is a list of qualities that may indicate the client’s susceptibility to fraud and the ways they can be checked by the bank employee:
Propensity For Freebies
• Offering a small gift for this kind of transaction.
—Dmitry Mishunin, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Worse, our susceptibility to these false claims aids U.S. adversaries, and puts public servants at risk.
—David Becker, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
Seeing the beauty of Earth and its fragility and susceptibility to natural disasters might change the way people feel about the environment.
—Charles Black, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for susceptibility
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“Susceptibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/susceptibility. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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