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as in guilty
deserving reproach or blame
a reprehensible tyrant, who oppressed his country for decades, has finally been brought to justice
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as in offensive
provoking or likely to provoke protest
your behavior towards the other team was truly reprehensible, so you're being suspended from the next three games
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Recent Examples of reprehensible
Releasing an old video, which conveniently omits context, on their son’s birthday is a reprehensible attempt to distract from his own behavior.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
20 Mar. 2026
In the way that Kleenex has become interchangeable with tissue, McCarthyism, for many, is an eponym for the unjust, reprehensible use of political power.
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Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
Sins of Kujo, adapted from Shohei Manabe’s manga, casts Yuya Yagira as a morally ambiguous lawyer who defends society’s most reprehensible figures, a dark, adult-skewing legal drama.
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Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting.
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Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
25 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for reprehensible
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
20 Mar. 2026
In the way that Kleenex has become interchangeable with tissue, McCarthyism, for many, is an eponym for the unjust, reprehensible use of political power.
—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
Sins of Kujo, adapted from Shohei Manabe’s manga, casts Yuya Yagira as a morally ambiguous lawyer who defends society’s most reprehensible figures, a dark, adult-skewing legal drama.
—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting.
—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
25 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for reprehensible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehensible
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Immigration officials began deportation proceedings after his guilty plea a year later.
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All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
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After missing most of the 2024-25 schedule because of a torn Achilles, Smith returned for the start of last season and earned consistent playing time because of his pesky perimeter defense and steady offensive game in a backup point guard role.
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One after another, Kyle Tucker and Dalton Rushing broke up their offensive slumps with home runs.
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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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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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If scar tissue is too severe, if prior surgeries have left the blood supply compromised, or if a patient's goals aren't achievable without unacceptable risk, proceeding could cause irreversible damage.
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Yes, Stokes’ late night out, in the context of what went on before, was unacceptable.
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Yes, every life includes some unique and untold combination of experiences for which other people are morally culpable.
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The Delhi Police registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against unknown persons in connection with the fire and an investigation was underway.
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And, for all the theater of the hearing and Wyper’s expressions of sympathy with aldermen, the Stonepeak executive didn’t offer any meaningful concessions to make this obnoxious meter deal more palatable for Chicagoans.
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The song’s spacious production lets its piercing saxophone riffs dissipate into silence, only for borderline obnoxious horns to swirl them back into rhythm.
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Carrying a gun without that permission is a misdemeanor that is punishable by up to one year in prison.
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The rape charge in this case was a low-level felony punishable by up to four years in prison — less time than Weinstein already has served.
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Alas, Ligeti proved to be an extraordinarily difficult collaborator, his manic perfectionism colliding with practical reality and leading to unpleasant scenes.
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The consequences are unpleasant, but can also turn dangerous very quickly as body temperature rises.
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“Reprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehensible. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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