as in guilty
deserving reproach or blame
are you any less culpable for murder if you acted in the heat of passion?
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Recent Examples of culpable
The question of whether or not Uniqlo is fast fashion or sustainable fashion or ethical fashion has perhaps become irrelevant in a world in which fashion—no modifier needed—is increasingly culpable for the ravaging of the planet.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Since the oil and gas industry is responsible for about 50% of worldwide GHG emissions, the industry would be less culpable for earth’s temperature rise.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The teen, whose mother also sobbed in court as her son was sentenced on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty to charges including culpable driving causing death, theft, and failing to render assistance in July, the Sydney Morning Herald noted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The Brazil international was partly culpable for a Manchester City goal on the opening day of the season, but few Wolves supporters expected to see him on the substitutes’ bench at Bournemouth, with Jean-Ricner Bellegarde preferred as Joao Gomes’s midfield partner.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Since the oil and gas industry is responsible for about 50% of worldwide GHG emissions, the industry would be less culpable for earth’s temperature rise.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The teen, whose mother also sobbed in court as her son was sentenced on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty to charges including culpable driving causing death, theft, and failing to render assistance in July, the Sydney Morning Herald noted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The Brazil international was partly culpable for a Manchester City goal on the opening day of the season, but few Wolves supporters expected to see him on the substitutes’ bench at Bournemouth, with Jean-Ricner Bellegarde preferred as Joao Gomes’s midfield partner.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culpable
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Now 30, Kohberger in July pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary in exchange for prosecutors dropping pursuit of the death penalty.—
Darin Oswald,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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Ritter; the clinic operator, Iris Winchester, and a recruiter, Joyce Robinson, pleaded guilty in plea agreements and were sentenced to various lesser amounts of time in prison earlier this year, according to prosecutors and court records.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Culpable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culpable. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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