censurable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- censurability noun
- censurableness noun
- censurably adverb
- noncensurable adjective
- noncensurableness noun
- noncensurably adverb
- uncensurable adjective
Etymology
Origin of censurable
Example Sentences
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He said he believes some medical board members are waiting for him to cross into censurable ground, such as by disclosing privileged information from a closed-session meeting.
From Los Angeles Times
“The newspaper’s fact-based journalism and professional integrity have made it an important source of information on censurable aspects of Russian society rarely mentioned by other media,” it added.
From Washington Times
“The attempt to hold you in any degree responsible or censurable for the loss of life is an outrage,” wrote Dion Geraldine, his construction superintendent at the fair.
From Literature
Formlessness in art is always censurable and in music can never win pardon by a programme or by 'what the composer was thinking.'
From Project Gutenberg
Christie’s surrender had been thought censurable both by General Amherst and by Bouquet.
From Project Gutenberg
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