inculpable

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈkəl-pə-bəl How to pronounce inculpable (audio)
Definition of inculpablenext
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. — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculpable
  1. innocent
  2. blameless
  3. guiltless
Adjective
  • Petticrew broke out stateside by playing IRA activist Dolours Price, a woman whose understandable aggrievement led her to harm innocent civilians as well as herself.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 27 July 2026
  • Killing children and other innocent Palestinians, then stealing land under a false prophecy is not defending Israel.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
Definition of innocent
Adjective
  • Leaders should restore clear end-to-end accountability, align on-call and incident response with the teams that ship the code, and rebuild a blameless culture.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Schlittler wasn’t blameless in that, committing a throwing error on a pickoff play in the first inning.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
Definition of blameless
Adjective
  • In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure.
    — Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
  • Chick lit was flippant and fizzy and fun, above all, as effervescent and guiltless as a vodka soda.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 May 2026
Definition of guiltless

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“Inculpable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculpable. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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