"blameworthy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbleɪmˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbleɪmˌwɚði/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blameworthy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more blameworthy [comparative], most blameworthy [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English blame worthy, blame-worthy, equivalent to blame + -worthy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blame worthy}} Middle English blame worthy, {{m|enm|blame-worthy}} blame-worthy, {{suffix|en|blame|worthy}} blame + -worthy Head templates: {{en-adj}} blameworthy (comparative more blameworthy, superlative most blameworthy)
  1. Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible. Synonyms: blame-worthy [obsolete] Translations (deserving blame or censure): ἐπίψογος (epípsogos) (Ancient Greek), مَلُوم (malūm) (Arabic), culpable (Catalan), afkeurenswaardig (Dutch), moitittava (Finnish), blâmable (French), verdammenswert (German), blaminda (Ido), biasimabile (Italian), deprecabile (Italian), vituperabile (Italian), 책임이 있는 (chaegimi inneun) (Korean), accūsābilis (Latin), reprehensibilis (Latin), vituperābilis (Latin), ви́новен (vínoven) (Macedonian), blame worthy (Middle English), culpável (Portuguese), condamnabil [masculine] (Romanian), de condamnat (Romanian), culpable (Spanish), reprensible (Spanish), reprehensible (Spanish), klandervärd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blameworthy-en-adj-U3BibmNh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -worthy

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      "sense": "deserving blame or censure",
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      "sense": "deserving blame or censure",
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      "sense": "deserving blame or censure",
      "word": "책임이 있는"
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      "sense": "deserving blame or censure",
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      "sense": "deserving blame or censure",
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      "sense": "deserving blame or censure",
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