as in innocent
free from guilt or blame
a blameless baby shouldn't have to suffer for his parents' mistakes
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Recent Examples of blameless
Stefanski certainly isn’t blameless.
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Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Del Toro wants to emphasize the contrast between Frankenstein, corrupted by ambition, and his Creature, born blameless.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
In the backfield, neither Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson are blameless.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
In her view, Kimmel is blameless.
—Dan Doperalski, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
And Jeremiah himself isn’t blameless.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 18 Sep. 2025
Stroud isn’t blameless in the Texans’ severe pass-protection issues dating to last year.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
No party in the war was blameless, but Hezbollah distinguished itself by outright rejecting norms of war and diplomacy.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
But Newcastle are not blameless.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Del Toro wants to emphasize the contrast between Frankenstein, corrupted by ambition, and his Creature, born blameless.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
In the backfield, neither Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson are blameless.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
In her view, Kimmel is blameless.
—Dan Doperalski, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
And Jeremiah himself isn’t blameless.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 18 Sep. 2025
Stroud isn’t blameless in the Texans’ severe pass-protection issues dating to last year.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
No party in the war was blameless, but Hezbollah distinguished itself by outright rejecting norms of war and diplomacy.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
But Newcastle are not blameless.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blameless
Adjective
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All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Given sun in just the proper dose, which is no more than three or four hours of direct daily exposure, its innocent look of youth may persist for a decade.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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And how many guiltless prisoners there are here!—
Alexei Navalny,
The New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2024
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Many fans found its generally joyous treatment of Miranda’s guiltless affair with Che, a nonbinary comedian, in the first season off-putting.—
Lili Loofbourow,
Washington Post,
21 June 2023
Adjective
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That isn’t to say Lee was faultless.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
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The food of Eric Ripert and his team is faultless, and the dining room staff wraps you in a blanket of hospitality.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
19 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Each of them offers money and position but nothing much in the way of pleasure, excitement, intellectual stimulation, or the prospect of anything other than a life of loveless, socially irreproachable tedium possibly brightened by the occasional extramarital affair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Beneath their air of irreproachable authority, Jung and Freud — both brilliantly played, the first with subtlety, the other with theatrical relish — wrestle with petty grievances and insecurities, while the former stubbornly rationalizes his affair with onetime patient Spielrein.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Blameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blameless. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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