blameworthy
deserving blame; blameful: a blameworthy administration.
Origin of blameworthy
1Other words from blameworthy
- blame·wor·thi·ness, noun
Words Nearby blameworthy
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How to use blameworthy in a sentence
They are more likely to be described as blameworthy in some way.
25 Years Later, the Murder of JonBenét Ramsey Remains Unsolved—and Issues It Highlighted Persist | Olivia B. Waxman | December 23, 2021 | TimeThe idea of violent crimes as a separate universe, categorically more dangerous and blameworthy than other offenses, dates back little more than half a century.
How We Define Violent Crime in America Shapes Who Gets Punished for It—And Who Doesn't | David Alan Sklansky | April 7, 2021 | TimeYou can bear to stay in this house which I—I—infinitely less blameworthy than yourself—can hardly endure to enter?
A Life Sentence | Adeline SergeantThe being acts according to its nature, and why is it blameworthy more than the brute?
Aids to Reflection | Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThis sort of aggression was considered by the majority of the representatives an enterprise as blameworthy as it was senseless.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 | Eugne Sue
One man is rich, another poor: let him not be thought blameworthy.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre SturlesonThis vice, however, should not appear as blameworthy as that of avarice.
Elements of Morals | Paul Janet
British Dictionary definitions for blameworthy
/ (ˈbleɪmˌwɜːðɪ) /
deserving disapproval or censure
Derived forms of blameworthy
- blameworthiness, noun
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