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
Atlanta isn’t totally blameless in this mess.
—
Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Wrigley is not entirely blameless.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
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
Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Wrigley is not entirely blameless.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
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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Heppner pleaded innocent and was released on $25-million bail.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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How many soldiers, Marines, sailors, airmen and innocent bystanders must die or be horribly wounded to satisfy our hubris?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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 was a title race in which the top two were almost faultless, hence finishing with 98 and 97 points respectively.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Time elevates those people and their deeds to the heights of deities, and American gods must be faultless.—
Adam Harris,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Classics from the diasporic Vietnamese repertoire are included, too, with irreproachable instructions.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
5 Mar. 2026
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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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“Blameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blameless. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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