susceptibility
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defenselessness, vulnerability, weakness
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In this third installment in a trilogy about the California wine industry, the author delves into such topics as the region’s susceptibility to drought and wildfires and land-use controversies stemming from wine tourism. — Jocelyn Mcclurg, USA TODAY, "Weekend picks for book lovers, including 'Varina' by Charles Frazier," 14 Apr. 2018 The area's susceptibility to drought and wildfires. — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, "'Napa Valley' book is more a light rosé than a hearty burgundy," 28 Mar. 2018 Janjua said that in certain states where AFM is more common, some people, like those with asthma, might be more at risk, depending on their susceptibility. — Josephine Yurcaba, Teen Vogue, "What to Know About AFM, the Polio-Like Illness Spreading Among Kids," 4 Dec. 2018 The technology has also drawn scrutiny from Amazon's own shareholders and the Congressional Black Caucus alike, each of whom wrote letters to CEO Jeff Bezos earlier this year warning of the program's susceptibility for abuse and racial bias. — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, "Can Anyone Stop Our Slide into Face-Scanning Dystopia?," 9 Nov. 2018 If gone untreated, these diseases can cause infertility, pregnancy complications, chronic pelvic pain, and increased susceptibility to HIV. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "STD Rates Have Hit an All-Time High in the U.S.—And Here’s Why," 29 Aug. 2018 In some cases, susceptibility to a specific kind of infection—Candida, for example—runs in families. — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, "Extreme Flu? Weird Encephalitis? It May Be Your Genes," 13 July 2018 The only antibiotic the strain showed susceptibility to in the lab tests was spectinomycin, which doctors prescribed next. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "How Worried Do You Really Need to Be About So-Called ‘Super Gonorrhea'?," 31 May 2018 The next step is antibiotic susceptibility testing at a lab downstairs. — Sophie Cousins, CNN, "Wherever you are in the world, time is running out for treating gonorrhea," 15 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'susceptibility.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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