blameworthy

Example Sentences

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But to be fair, China's not quite as blameworthy as it seems.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2021

An apology, according to the Canadian sociologist Erving Goffman, is "a splitting of the self into a blameworthy part and a part that stands back and sympathizes with the blame giving."

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2021

The most complicated character in this story may be Mimi — who is at turns sympathetic and blameworthy.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2020

The script I have for you, I’m afraid, will help you accept zero amount of blame, because you have done nothing blameworthy.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2018

They give rise to misunderstanding, false ideas, sentiments more or less blameworthy.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul