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Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed

Susceptible to being attacked or compromised

Dangerous or full of peril

Rickety in structure and easily damaged

Lacking sufficient power or strength

Exploitable or vulnerable

Being easily influenced (especially of young people)

Likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable

Being naturally susceptible to weaknesses or error from the condition of being human

Dying out, or at risk of dying out (completely)

Overly sensitive to criticism

Inexperienced or vulnerable, typically due to one's youth

Showing the better qualities of humankind, such as kindness

Significant in the degree of hopelessness

Being at the mercy of

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Adjective

Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed

without weapons

like a sitting duck

without defences

in the line of fire

easily destroyed

in a weak position

in a precarious position

like a clay pigeon

in line of fire

exposed to risk

out in the open

in a risky situation

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“The King argued that without a great, big wall, his kingdom would remain vulnerable.”

Adjective

Susceptible to being attacked or compromised

an easy target for

at the mercy of

easily affected by

in the firing line

defenceless against

without protection

threatened with

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“Due to my fair skin, I'm vulnerable to sunburn whenever I venture out into the sun.”

Adjective

Dangerous or full of peril

jeopardising^UK

jeopardizing^US

fraught with danger

playing with fire

Russian roulette

on collision course

life-threatening

hanging by a thread

on slippery ground

hanging in the balance

on a slippery slope

hanging by thread

full of upheavals

potentially violent

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Adjective

Rickety in structure and easily damaged

thrown together

easily destroyed

easily threatened

falling to pieces

on its last legs

gone to rack and ruin

in a state of disrepair

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Adjective

Lacking sufficient power or strength

counterproductive

disadvantageous

without success

not good enough

with hands tied

up creek without paddle

lacking ability

without resources

in difficulties

without assistance

in vicious circle

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

no great shakes

leaving much to be desired

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Adjective

Exploitable or vulnerable

unsophisticated

easily influenced

easily controlled

easily exploited

easily deceived

easily taken in

wet behind the ears

as green as grass

readily taken in

readily falling for

readily swallowing whole

kidding oneself

swallowing whole

taking the bait

falling hook line and sinker

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Adjective

Being easily influenced (especially of young people)

easily influenced

easily taken in

easily deceived

easily taken advantage of

readily taken advantage of

like putty in your hands

go-with-the-flow

open to suggestions

open to new ideas

ready to consider new ideas

willing to consider new ideas

putty in one's hands

rolls with punches

easily persuaded

able to be influenced

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Adjective

Likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable

in danger of getting

with a tendency to get

tending towards

in the habit of

favourably inclined

leaning towards

with a tendency

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Adjective

Being naturally susceptible to weaknesses or error from the condition of being human

Adjective

Dying out, or at risk of dying out (completely)

Adjective

Overly sensitive to criticism

easily offended

quick to take offence

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

having got out of bed the wrong side

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

prima donna-ish

perversely irritable

on the defensive

huffy irascible

quick to take offense

hyper-sensitive

easily affected

bundle of nerves

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Adjective

Inexperienced or vulnerable, typically due to one's youth

Adjective

Showing the better qualities of humankind, such as kindness

sympathizing^US

sympathising^UK

philanthropical

public-spirited

self-sacrificing

having heart in right place

loving and giving

well-intentioned

good-humoured^UK

good-humored^US

generous to a fault

well intentioned

socially concerned

socially conscious

non-confrontational

self-forgetting

heart in right place

culturally sensitive

willing to forgive

eager to please

able to live with

going along with

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Adjective

Significant in the degree of hopelessness

Adjective

Being at the mercy of

Noun

Easy target

babe in the woods

target of derision

everybody's fool

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