Liability and Weakness

Liability

Liability noun - The state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful.

Usage example: failure to properly clean the wound could increase your liability to infection

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Weakness and liability are semantically related. in obstacle topic. In some cases you can use "Weakness" instead a noun "Liability".

Nearby Word: liable

Weakness noun - The quality or state of having little resistance to some outside agent.

Usage example: the devastating weakness of the immune system that is experienced by people with AIDS

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Liability and weakness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Liability" instead a noun "Weakness".

Nearby Words: weak, weaken, weakly, weakening, weakling

physical	physical liability	physical weakness
single	single liability	single weakness
obvious	obvious liability	obvious weakness
actual	actual liability	actual weakness
Other adjectives: real, massive, big, serious, huge, potential, major, fatal, greatest, biggest.

He doesn't see it as a weakness or liability - he craves human contact more than anything else, romantic or otherwise - but experience has taught him that he's dangerously prone to hospitalizing people he wants to be close to.

Source: Celibate Hero
Shoot The Dangerous Conspirator: When Dawson's "private weakness" becomes a liability, the cops facilitate Eddie's killing of him.

Source: Series / Red Riding
He starts out as a decent tank, but eventually the player hits several bosses in a row that can take advantage of his weakness, turning him into a liability.

Source: Crutch Character

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