Examples of blameworthy in a Sentence
Adjective
Their failure to adequately inform participants of the risks was morally blameworthy.
we were all equally blameworthy, whether we had openly approved the free-speech restrictions or simply kept quiet about them
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
28 Jan. 2026
As the shutdown goes on, moreover, the polling on which side is more to blame seems to be gradually shifting toward Democrats as the more blameworthy side.
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Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
His Stoic Challenge framework invites you to see a setback not as something terrible, blameworthy or unfair but instead as a test of your ingenuity and resilience.
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Hanna Hart,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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.
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Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
To highlight the hazy line between blameworthy and praiseworthy failure, Edmondson routinely asks leaders to estimate the percentage of blameworthy mistakes in their organizations.
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Ann Kowal Smith,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2023
On the whole, Google's spam filter, though in this instance imperfect, is not morally blameworthy.
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Jon Brodkin,
Ars Technica,
25 Aug. 2023
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Adjective
Extreme cold made the O-rings fail, but NASA’s culture was just as blameworthy and needed a retrofit more urgently than any piece of shuttle hardware.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
28 Jan. 2026
As the shutdown goes on, moreover, the polling on which side is more to blame seems to be gradually shifting toward Democrats as the more blameworthy side.
—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
His Stoic Challenge framework invites you to see a setback not as something terrible, blameworthy or unfair but instead as a test of your ingenuity and resilience.
—
Hanna Hart,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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
To highlight the hazy line between blameworthy and praiseworthy failure, Edmondson routinely asks leaders to estimate the percentage of blameworthy mistakes in their organizations.
—
Ann Kowal Smith,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2023
On the whole, Google's spam filter, though in this instance imperfect, is not morally blameworthy.
—
Jon Brodkin,
Ars Technica,
25 Aug. 2023
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“Blameworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blameworthy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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