reproachable

adjective

Definition of reproachablenext
as in guilty
deserving reproach or blame there are only a few reproachable lapses in a generally well-researched book

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reproachable
  1. guilty
  2. reprehensible
  3. culpable
  4. reckless
  5. blameworthy
Adjective
  • The mayor has pleaded not guilty to the charges and the feds have moved to dismiss the case.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • However, after a five-year investigation, Michael was found not guilty in October 2022 on three counts of neglect and conspiracy to commit neglect of a dependent.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of guilty
Adjective
  • Candidates for the Summit Hill Elementary District 161 Board denounced a note featuring profanity and anti-Muslim sentiment as reprehensible rhetoric from a community member.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Leveraging the dead to score propaganda victories or perpetuate conflict is reprehensible.
    — Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of reprehensible
Adjective
  • Nobody was more culpable than Murphy, whose determination to make amends for his costly sixth-minute error manifested in wayward crossing and poor decisions.
    — Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • These shifts in standards of care make uncovered, unclean stethoscopes culpable vectors in the event of infections during health care delivery.
    — DiskCover, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of culpable
Adjective
  • In January a Bronx jury found Officer Kenneth Hood, 38, guilty of reckless endangerment and official misconduct for the incident in the George R. Vierno Center on Nov. 27, 2019, which left 18-year-old Nicholas Feliciano paralyzed.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
  • She was arrested and charged with assault in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, unlawful restraint in the first degree, cruelty to persons and reckless endangerment in the first degree on March 12.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of reckless
Adjective
  • Alternatively, if the foundation knew of warning signs, or should have detected warning signs, Learfield might be less blameworthy.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort — not just sympathy — when there is no real comfort to be offered.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of blameworthy
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