blameworthy

Example Sentences

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Ideally, the blameworthy baddie would be someone who can cast these politicians’ own party as the hero.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 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

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

There is not a single benevolent inclination which, carried too far and beyond reason, may not become a more or less blameworthy passion.

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