vulnerable position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvulnerableandposition
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vulnerable
adjective
uk/ˈvʌl.nər.ə.bəl/us/ˈvʌl.nɚ.ə.bəl/
able to be easily physically or mentally hurt, influenced, ...
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofvulnerableandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The individual is in a veryvulnerableposition.
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Planters were in a much morevulnerablepositionwhen dealing directly with the mill owner.
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Creating this avenue for negotiation, however, put sweatshop workers in avulnerableposition.
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Throughout the analysis thevulnerablepositionof younger patients stands out.
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That is avulnerableposition.
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Thevulnerablepositionof this group is also revealed by the high mortality rates of their babies.
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Planters' limited access to institutionalised sources of credit put them in a veryvulnerableposition, especially during harvest time.
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It is hard to believe that their children were in a morevulnerablepositionthan those born within wedlock.
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The women are in avulnerableposition.
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They are in avulnerableposition.
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They are in a mostvulnerableposition.
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That obviously puts the fishermen in avulnerableposition.
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In 1973, it was in avulnerableposition.
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We are in avulnerablepositionwhichever way we go.
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During a recession, women are in a particularlyvulnerableposition.
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We have been in a veryvulnerableposition.
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This country is putting itself in a veryvulnerableposition.
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That will place teachers in avulnerableposition.
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They are therefore in a particularlyvulnerableposition.
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Does not that leave us in a veryvulnerableposition?
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They have been placed in a difficult andvulnerableposition.
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Tenants are in avulnerablepositionand cannot complain.
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Such people have been left in an extremelyvulnerableposition.
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Those patients are placed in an increasinglyvulnerableposition.
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The child could still be placed in avulnerableposition.
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