blameworthy
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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).
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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Adj. | 1. | blameworthy - deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence" guilty - responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds" |
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blameworthy
adjectiveDeserving blame:
Idiom: at fault.
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blameworthy
adj person → schuldig; behaviour, action → tadelnswert
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