Vulnerable definition

Vulnerable means a condition in which an adult is unable to protect himself or herself from abuse, neglect, or exploitation because of a mental or physical impairment or because of advanced age.

Vulnerable means a Customer who is classed as Vulnerable according to the following

Vulnerable means subject to contamination, a determination which shall be made by the Division based on previous monitoring results, the number of persons served by the public water system, the proximity of a smaller system to a larger system, the proximity to commercial or industrial use, disposal or storage of volatile synthetic organic compounds (VOCs), and the protection of the water source(s).

Examples of Vulnerable in a sentence

• Vulnerable households are particularly exposed to increasing energy prices as they spend a larger proportion of their budget on energy products.

• Species that are considered to have been adequately surveyed and that are close to qualifying for Vulnerable, but are not listed as Conservation Dependent.

• Vulnerable status may stem from an individual’s or group’s race, national, ethnic or social origin, color, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, property, age, culture, literacy, sickness, physical or mental disability, poverty or economic disadvantage, and dependence on unique natural resources.

• Vulnerable households can also find it more challenging to develop strategies to tackle fuel poverty themselves and participate in support programmes.

• Licences and approvals The Grantee must ensure that all persons engaged to work on the Grant Activity obtain and maintain all relevant licences, registrations or other approvals required by applicable laws or as directed by the Commonwealth, including but not limited to police checks, Working With Children checks and Working with Vulnerable People checks.

More Definitions of Vulnerable

Vulnerable means a Customer who is classed as Vulnerable according to the following definition – ‘A Customer is Vulnerable if, for reasons of age, health, disability or severe financial insecurity, they are unable to safeguard their personal welfare or the personal welfare of other members of the household’;

Vulnerable means there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child’s health, safety, or welfare is in jeopardy due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or similar circumstances and that return to the child’s or the child’s parent’s country of origin or country of last habitual residence would not be in the best interests of the child.

Vulnerable means the most vulnerable live free from harm and as self-sufficiently as possible.

Vulnerable means groups within society that face higher risks of social exclusion and poverty, including but not limited to the disabled; children; women; the elderly; blacks (i.e. Africans, Coloureds and Asians); orphans; and the homeless.

Vulnerable means the inability to protect oneself from identified

Vulnerable means a state in which an individual or household lack capacity to combat the impact of adverse shocks pushing any household into poverty and poor into deeper poverty.

Vulnerable customer is someone who, due to their personal circumstances, is especially susceptible to detriment or harm, particularly when a firm is not acting with appropriate levels of care. The vulnerability may be due to circumstances of mental health, eyesight, hearing, physical disability, language, bereavement, or financial circumstances. APPOINTMENT AS INTRODUCER