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blamable

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blam·a·ble also blame·a·ble  (blm-bl)
adj.
Deserving blame; culpable. See Synonyms at blameworthy.
blama·ble·ness n.
blama·bly adv.
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Adj.1.blamable - deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"
blameable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, culpable
guilty - responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"
Translations
blamable [ˈbleɪməbl] ADJ → censurable, culpable
blamable [ˈbleɪməb/əl] adj → biasimevole
blamable [ˈbleɪməb/əl] adj → biasimevole


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He had been blamable, highly blamable, in remaining at Norland after he first felt her influence over him to be more than it ought to be.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
Nor was he less blamable for the manner in which he constituted the ephori; for these magistrates take cognisance of things of the last importance, and yet they are chosen out of the people in general; so that it often happens that a very poor person is elected to that office, who, from that circumstance, is easily bought.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
Upon the whole, there can be no room to doubt that the convention acted wisely in copying from the models of those constitutions which have established good behavior as the tenure of their judicial offices, in point of duration; and that so far from being blamable on this account, their plan would have been inexcusably defective, if it had wanted this important feature of good government.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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