blamed

American

[blaymd] / bleɪmd /

adjective

confounded.

The blamed car won't start.

adverb

confoundedly; excessively.

It's blamed cold out tonight.

blamed British

/ bleɪmd /

adjective

a euphemistic word for damned damned

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Other Word Forms

unblamed

adjective

Etymology

Origin of blamed

First recorded in 1825–35; blame + -ed ²

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When spending cuts were instituted in summer of 2025—as business was still booming—executives in other parts of the business blamed the private-wealth division.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

But when it withheld similar information in 2017, amid a tense military stand-off with India, Beijing blamed technical problems at its hydrological monitoring stations in Tibet, Singh said.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Moldovan tourist Raisa Neagu spent hours on Wednesday waiting to fuel up her scooter, one of many people snared in a petrol shortage on resort island Bali that authorities blamed on supply disruptions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Traders blamed the remark, made at a conference in Singapore, for two straight days of chip selling.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

He blamed Khrushchev for the failure of the summit.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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