blameworthy

blame·wor·thy

 (blām′wûr′thē)

adj. blame·wor·thi·er, blame·wor·thi·est

Responsible for doing wrong or causing undesirable effects; deserving blame: "Ignorance is usually a passive state, seldom deliberately sought or intrinsically blameworthy" (Richard Dawkins). "If you choose not to know something, especially if that something is something you should know, you are morally blameworthy" (Robert P. Lawry).

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blame′wor′thi·ness n.

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blameworthy

(ˈbleɪmˌwɜːðɪ)

adj

deserving disapproval or censure

ˈblameˌworthiness n

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blame•wor•thy

(ˈbleɪmˌwɜr ði)

adj.

deserving blame; blamable.

[1350–1400]

blame′wor`thi•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

blameworthy - deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence" blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable guilty - responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"

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blameworthy

adjective

Deserving blame:

blamable, blameful, censurable, culpable, guilty, reprehensible.

Idiom: at fault.

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Translations

αξιοκατάκριτος

biasimabilebiasimevole

afkeurenswaardig

blameworthy

[ˈbleɪmwɜːðɪ] ADJ [action] → censurable, reprobable; [person] → culpable

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blameworthy

adj person → schuldig; behaviour, action → tadelnswert

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blameworthy

[ˈbleɪmˌwɜːðɪ] adj → biasimevole

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