vulnerable

Its rapid growth rate would make a baby particularly vulnerable to genetic mutations, increasing the risk of childhood cancers.

Because of that low diversity, they’re more vulnerable to diseases, and their cubs are less likely to survive to adulthood.

Over time, small-scale attacks on vulnerable coastal communities evolved into sieges on cities; temporary camps grew into permanent communities; and trade networks spread even farther.

Zebras have shorter hair than other grazers in their regions, possibly making them more vulnerable to the flies’ probing proboscises.

It makes us more psychologically vulnerable.

And even just thinking about getting my body made into a mannequin was an incredibly vulnerable process.

Which is a big deal because genetic diversity helps organisms adjust to different environmental conditions and become less vulnerable to disease.