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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Two brothers found guilty of killing a 19-year-old outside of the Downtown Aquarium in Denver have been sentenced to serve decades in prison.—
Ashley Portillo,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026 -
Ruggia was found guilty in 2024 and given a two-year custodial sentence under house arrest with an electronic bracelet in 2025.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
28 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Their problems are myriad and appear contagious, with just about every player culpable recently.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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The person with knowledge of the situation said Scavino was not responsible for the post but did not identify the culpable individual.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Second-degree Home Invasion is punishable by up to 15 years in prison and/or a $3,000 fine.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The 20 misdemeanor charges are punishable by fines between $10,000 and $20,000.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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And if audiences or critics wish to reach for contemporary parallels drawn from other examples of reprehensible violence?—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Hales, who is free on $160,000 bail, faces two counts of reckless burning causing death, two counts of reckless burning of an inhabited structure, two counts of child endangerment and one count of animal cruelty.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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He was acquitted at the first trial of murder and reckless endangerment.—
Mike Randall,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Blamable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blamable. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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