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

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

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

Acts are not blameworthy and punishable if they have no cause.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.