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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Hopper pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of second-degree murder on Wednesday, April 15, avoiding a trial that was set to start in July, per the court records.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026 -
At his first court appearance Thursday afternoon, Fiapoto pleaded not guilty and insisted on a fast preliminary hearing, according to court records.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 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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In those initial filings, the attorneys identified Jennifer McCabe and Brian Albert as those culpable.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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Roland found Eastman culpable of 10 of 11 counts of misconduct.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Many political detainees have been held on incitement charges, a law widely used to arrest critics of the government or military and punishable by up to three years in prison.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Willfully not paying can be charged as a misdemeanor punishable by up to $25,000 in fines for individuals and, in rare cases, up to a year in prison, Cords said.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His poor display of unsportsmanlike conduct was reprehensible.—
Kirk Bohls,
Houston Chronicle,
7 Apr. 2026
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Prisons are filled with the faithful and the daily news reports are overflowing with reprehensible, criminal, degenerate theists.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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He was later charged with first-degree reckless endangerment and unlawful discharge.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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But his hands-down, semi-reckless style typically gives opponents a high offensive floor early in the fight, which has always been a concern of mine.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Blamable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blamable. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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