as in innocent
free from guilt or blame
you may not have started the ugly rumor, but you helped to spread it, so you're hardly inculpable
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Recent Examples of inculpable
The Iceberg on the Sinking of the Titanic The dumb amount of doors this inculpable hunk of ice has opened.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
Rats are reviled but resilient, dangerous but inculpable.
—Oliver Whang, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
Rats are reviled but resilient, dangerous but inculpable.
—Oliver Whang, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculpable
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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Then Oliver splashes his blameless girlfriend in the face, and the three men flee, chased by a group of enraged barflies.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The wide receivers and offensive line share some blame in the lack of production through the air, but Underwood isn’t blameless, either.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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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
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“Inculpable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculpable. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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