as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
more concerned with pleasing audiences, the playwright has always claimed to be indifferent to whether critics praise his comedies or blame them without mercy
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Recent Examples of blamed
Some murder cases in Mecklenburg have taken more than five years to get to trial, something the district attorney has blamed on low staffing and not enough state funding.
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Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
The humble org chart isn’t usually blamed for holding back innovation.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Google's security team agrees and has blamed the hacking on a North Korean group that targets stealing cryptocurrencies.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
The idea that the media blamed Carolyn for the crash is dramatic license.
—Jeff Wise, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
The National Transportation Safety Board blamed systemic FAA failures and found the crash was preventable, with concerns including overreliance on visual separation and longstanding risks in the airspace around Reagan National.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
In Opposition, or SPLM/A-IO, condemned the attack on Monday and blamed government forces.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
But Johnson blamed Democrats, not Thune.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Not one of the players after the Indiana game blamed themselves.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
The humble org chart isn’t usually blamed for holding back innovation.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Google's security team agrees and has blamed the hacking on a North Korean group that targets stealing cryptocurrencies.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
The idea that the media blamed Carolyn for the crash is dramatic license.
—Jeff Wise, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
The National Transportation Safety Board blamed systemic FAA failures and found the crash was preventable, with concerns including overreliance on visual separation and longstanding risks in the airspace around Reagan National.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
In Opposition, or SPLM/A-IO, condemned the attack on Monday and blamed government forces.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
But Johnson blamed Democrats, not Thune.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Not one of the players after the Indiana game blamed themselves.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blamed
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Last season during a livestream, Nacua criticized NFL officials and made a gesture regarded as antisemitic.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Canada's Prime Minister and Quebec's legislature criticized the CEO for the language lapse.—
Allison Lampert,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Castro family has been lauded as heroes by some, but condemned as repressive by others.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Ben Saul, UN special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, has condemned both US and Iranian threats to target civilian energy infrastructure.—
Mustafa Qadri,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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The safety board faulted Atmos for not doing more to identify threats posed by expansive soils, noting regulators had been warning about the issue since 2008 and that the NTSB identified expansive soils as a factor in a 2018 Atmos explosion in Dallas that killed one and injured four.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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At the time, many critics faulted its confusing plot.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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In an interview with public radio station France Inter on Monday morning, Bagayoko said he was disappointed that the presidential palace had not condemned the comments, although Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Culture Minister Catherine Pégard both denounced them.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Outside the courthouse in Manhattan, small groups of supporters have denounced the trial as illegitimate.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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After a review, it was decided that Raddysh was knocked to the ice and into the crease, prohibiting Vasilevskiy from a possible save.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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But reports that Iran had responded negatively to the proposal briefly knocked index futures off their pre-market highs and lifted oil prices off their morning lows.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Blamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blamed. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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