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

  • Withholding such information is an offence under the Children and Vulnerable Person’s Act 2012.

  • They will also be offered a package of protective measures including, if necessary, assistance in search for the transport company and the coverage of transport costs exceeding PLN 10,000; • Vulnerable groups will be covered by a tailored package of protective measures (the schedule of implementation of these measures will be determined on an individual basis).

  • Vulnerable children: to be defined through Implementation Plans with a view to agreement on National definition over time.

  • FURTHER, the parties acknowledge that this XXX is applicable to those persons who are members of Local 2974.2 and who have been duly elected to the position of President of CUPE 2974 and who are employed in the positions of Primary Care Paramedic, Advanced Care Paramedic or Vulnerable Patient Navigator.

  • In the event that the Centre is used by children and/or vulnerable adults the Hirer shall comply with the safeguarding of children provisions set out in the St. Denys Children Safeguarding Policy and/or the St Deny’s Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding Policy and the law and legally based requirements relating to safety of children and vulnerable adults.


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