blameworthy

Example Sentences

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Repenters are wracked by "an overwhelming sense of guilt," a hard-to-shake feeling that one is blameworthy for having benefited from historical injustices, and for continuing to benefit from racist systems.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2022

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

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2021

Our obligations to members of our society don’t end just because they do something that is dangerous, even blameworthy.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2021

These stories run a big-haired gamut in terms of individual culpability, but in every case, popular culture found a way to blame the woman, often to excuse a more blameworthy man.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2021

The merry, sly, cynical, blameworthy, and profoundly evil Mefisto of the Teutonic mythology is bound to bring about the ruin of the Teutonic people like that of the gods of the Teutons.

From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.