as in guilty
deserving reproach or blame
an honest mistake is hardly a blamable offense
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blamable
Adjective
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The turning point came in December 2023 when Majors was found guilty of assaulting Jabbari causing Marvel to drop him on the same day.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025 -
In 2019, he was found guilty of felony stalking his Big Brother costar Will Kirby.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Alternatively, if the foundation knew of warning signs, or should have detected warning signs, Learfield might be less blameworthy.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort — not just sympathy — when there is no real comfort to be offered.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Nobody was more culpable than Murphy, whose determination to make amends for his costly sixth-minute error manifested in wayward crossing and poor decisions.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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These shifts in standards of care make uncovered, unclean stethoscopes culpable vectors in the event of infections during health care delivery.—
DiskCover,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Leveraging the dead to score propaganda victories or perpetuate conflict is reprehensible.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Musk delivered an unmistakable, and reprehensible, fascist salute.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is the Republican Party under Trump: shrugging off the well-being of Veterans while pushing reckless cuts.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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He was arrested on charges of disobeying the signal of an officer, failure to maintain lane, reckless driving, passing on the right, interfering with an officer and first-degree reckless endangerment.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Blamable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blamable. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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