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US
/ˈkəɫpəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /kˈʌlpəbəl/ ]
[ UK /kˈʌlpəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
censurable misconduct
culpable negligence
blameworthy if not criminal behavior
How To Use culpable In A Sentence
- Doug in MV, your guys are as culpable as the Republicans. Transportation Special Session Ends
- Some suggested business schools might be partly culpable. Times, Sunday Times
- Still, though, the head of the investigation said there was no evidence of deliberate distortion or what Lord Butler called culpable negligence. CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2004
- It is especially noteworthy that The New York Times, itself culpable of, or accessory to whatever alleged crimes Mr. Assange may be accused of, has kept its lips discretely, if unheroically sealed. Michael Brenner: Obama's War on WikiLeaks -- and Us
- If that doesn't quite amount to an intention to offend, it does amount to culpable negligence in avoiding pointless offence. Times, Sunday Times
- Raw politics is making the arrival of boatpeople a divisive issue once more when it shouldn't be, and the Rudd government is as culpable as the Coalition when it comes to emotive catchcries and racist innuendo. Public Opinion
- The attempts to suggest that the government was culpable are dangerous. Times, Sunday Times
- The driver arrested after the accident which killed former president Nelson Mandela's great grandchild will face a charge of drunken driving and culpable homicide, Gauteng police said.
- He would immortalize Jack and vindicate himself from his culpable grief by becoming what Jack would have been.
- Both sides then squandered chances with Motherwell especially culpable in passing up three golden opportunities in quick succession.