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 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

However, for these, and for the unspecified “harm” they supposedly caused Abbate, McAdams was held to be somehow blameworthy.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2017

No unclean object was allowed to come near Agni; none durst even warm themselves near him; nor could any blameworthy action take place in his presence.

From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous