violable

adjective

Definition of violablenext
as in unsafe

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for violable
  1. unsafe
  2. vulnerable
  3. liable
  4. susceptible
  5. endangered
  6. threatened
  7. insecure
  8. imperiled
Adjective
  • Beyond the long wait, festivalgoers say the delays led to unsafe crowd conditions, and forced many to exit the event’s opening night.
    — Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Eight structures encompassing 13 homes were deemed too unsafe to enter.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of unsafe
Adjective
  • The model examined the website, found a vulnerable script and used it to complete the calculation.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Focusing on low income nations and vulnerable populations has been a defining thread throughout Georgieva's career.
    — , CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of vulnerable
Adjective
  • In March, a jury found Meta and YouTube liable for creating products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by young users.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The judge also found the city liable because Harris had final authority to enforce the public-participation policy during council meetings.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of liable
Adjective
  • Tom describes himself as uniquely susceptible to this kind of stimulation, something that Kenny, the Mount Sinai neuroscientist, says may have some credence.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The United States also has a uniquely large and diverse economy that is far less susceptible to shocks than many of its smaller peers.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of susceptible
Adjective
  • In 2011, former President Barack Obama signed a law removing wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains from the endangered species list, a change that removed federal prohibitions on killing or harassing them in that region.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The exact location of the remaining wild grove in Australia is kept secret to help protect the endangered species.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of endangered
Adjective
  • Critics argued that the cost was better spent on other threatened species.
    — David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
  • According to Bastille-Rousseau, the number of bobcats in Illinois started to decline in the 1970s and they were listed as a threatened population.
    — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of threatened
Adjective
  • Researchers already know how insecure devices like TV boxes can be.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
  • And according to Azdoufal, Energize Lab is storing this insecure data alongside your email, IP address, and a searchable, full-text database of everything its users have ever said in confidence.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of insecure
Adjective
  • Nearly 40% of Mount Pinos, lodgepole chipmunk, an imperiled subspecies of the lodgepole chipmunk, also live in roadless areas in California.
    — Mariah Meek, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
  • There are many issues in the last year that show the commission needs a change at the top, including the Florida black bear hunt and the recent failure of the commissioners to fully, completely and finally stop the capture of wild imperiled and threatened marine life for exhibit.
    — Joe Murphy, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
Definition of imperiled
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