in the lurch

adjective

Definition of in the lurchnext
as in susceptible

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  1. susceptible
  2. unprotected
  3. vulnerable
  4. helpless
  5. undefended
Adjective
  • The president also ordered federal agencies to identify colleges with endowments over $1 billion that might be susceptible to investigation or lawsuits due to their DEI policies.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • But if a mother is unvaccinated or doesn’t have immunity, babies are left susceptible.
    — Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of susceptible
Adjective
  • However, portions of the beach are unprotected, including several sections of the beach behind the Riu.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The bird flu is a type of Influenza A that only spreads between birds, but people can get infected through direct unprotected contact with birds that are infected.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of unprotected
Adjective
  • Children, whose bodies are still developing, are also among the most vulnerable to phthalates and other endocrine disrupters.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Likewise, movement jobs require individuals with the capacity to face forces that are endangering the lives of many people, engage in rigorous political education, take in constructive feedback, and be accountable to the most vulnerable communities.
    — Aparna Rae, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of vulnerable
Adjective
  • Abuse survivors can feel helpless trying to escape perpetrators or avoid being found and stalked when the safeguards in place are repeatedly violated, experts said, as in Lisa’s case.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Now, with the help of their dad’s right-hand woman Lucky (Poorna Jagannathan), the helpless brothers must assume the position as co-heads of his drug cartel.
    — Max Gao, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of helpless
Adjective
  • For more than a century, the U.S. and Canada built a close, prosperous partnership—standing together in war, mutually fueling their economies through trade, and maintaining the world's longest undefended border.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Trump’s aggressive tariffs may undermine another of his objectives — countering the dangers posed by a (largely) undefended Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, at a time when China and Russia are taking an increasing interest in the Arctic.
    — The Editors, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of undefended
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“In the lurch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in%20the%20lurch. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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