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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What To Know Shannon McShane was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to influencing a public servant, perjury, and retaliation against a witness or victim.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025 -
If found guilty, Amazon could be fined up to one percent of its annual UK turnover.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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The majority sees no problem in executing someone whose co-defendant might have been more culpable but was smart enough to cop a deal to elude the death penalty.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 June 2025
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Extensive testing showed no genetic or environmental cause for her son’s condition, yet Hess felt somehow culpable.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If colleges don’t take any meaningful actions to curtail this reprehensible behavior, they should all be held accountable and de-funded, as President Trump has planned to do.—
Ron Morganstern,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2025
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Crusoe’s declaration sounded neither classical nor reprehensible.—
B. Pietras
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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People often stereotype crypto investors as reckless, young, or greedy.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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In Colorado, reckless endangerment is a crime, defined as reckless conduct creating a substantial risk of serious bodily injury to another person, punishable by jail and/or a fine.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
17 June 2025
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“Blamable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blamable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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