blameworthy
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adjective \-ˌwər-thē\Definition of BLAMEWORTHY
: being at fault : deserving blame
— blame·wor·thi·ness noun
See Examples of BLAMEWORTHY
- 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>
First Known Use of BLAMEWORTHY
14th century
Related to BLAMEWORTHY
- Synonyms
- blamable, censurable, culpable, reprehensible, reproachable, at fault
- Antonyms
- blameless, faultless, impeccable, irreproachable
Synonym Discussion of BLAMEWORTHY
blameworthy, blamable, guilty, culpable mean deserving reproach or punishment. blameworthy and blamable apply to any degree of reprehensibility <conduct adjudged blameworthy> <an accident for which no one is blamable>. guilty implies responsibility for or consciousness of crime, sin, or, at the least, grave error or misdoing <guilty of a breach of etiquette>. culpable is weaker than guilty and is likely to connote malfeasance or errors of ignorance, omission, or negligence <culpable neglect>.
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