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culpable

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culpable /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ adjective
culpable
/ˈkʌlpəbəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of CULPABLE
[more culpable; most culpable] formal
: deserving blame : guilty of doing something wrong应受谴责的

— culpability

/ˌkʌlpəˈbɪləti/ noun [noncount]

— culpably

/ˈkʌlpəbli/ adverb
TOEFL BNC: 23673 COCA: 20145

culpable

adjective

cul·​pa·​ble ˈkəl-pə-bəl How to pronounce culpable (audio)
1
: meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
culpable negligence
The defendant is culpable for her actions.
2
archaic : guilty, criminal
culpableness noun
culpably adverb
Choose the Right Synonym for culpable

blameworthy, blamable, guilty, culpable mean deserving reproach or punishment.

blameworthy and blamable apply to any degree of reprehensibility.

conduct adjudged blameworthy
an accident for which no one is blamable

guilty implies responsibility for or consciousness of crime, sin, or, at the least, grave error or misdoing.

guilty of a breach of etiquette

culpable is weaker than guilty and is likely to connote malfeasance or errors of ignorance, omission, or negligence.

culpable neglect

Example Sentences

They held her culpable for the accident. He's more culpable than the others because he's old enough to know better.
Recent Examples on the Web Kochai’s fiction speaks to the human need to make sense of overwhelming violence—who survives it and who doesn’t; who is held culpable and who isn’t. Omar El Akkad, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2022 That alone, however, does not make his parents criminally culpable for his actions. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 12 July 2022 About a month after her death, bridge operator Artissua Lafaye Paulk, 43, was arrested on a charge of manslaughter by culpable negligence. Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2022 In June, a Florida mother was arrested and charged with manslaughter by culpable negligence after her 2-year-old son found a firearm and fatally shot his father. Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022 Their report said state and federal officers on scene were equally culpable for the delay in confronting the shooter. Rosa Flores, CNN, 27 July 2022 Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, provided compelling testimony Tuesday that former president Donald Trump is singularly culpable for the Capitol riot. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 28 June 2022 In addition to their carbon emissions, pharmaceutical companies are also culpable for their direct emission of pharmaceutical residues into the environment — also unaddressed in the user fee legislation — that can exceed toxic concentrations. David Introcaso, STAT, 13 June 2022 The parties remain split on who is culpable for the recent mass shootings, with a majority of Democrats blaming gun manufacturers, the National Rifle Association and Trump while over half of Republicans blame Congressional Democrats. Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 7 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English coupable, from Anglo-French cupable, culpable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare to blame, from culpa guilt

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of culpable was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 23673 COCA: 20145
culpable

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe應受責備believe sb, hold sb認為某人應受譴責make sb使某人該受責備His refusal to admit his mistake makes him even more culpable in my view.在我看來,他拒不認錯更該受到譴責。ADVERBequally同樣該受譴責morally道德上該受到譴責PREPOSITIONin在⋯方面該受處罰You are equally culpable in this affair.你在這件事上也同樣該受罰。of因⋯而應受責備She believed him culpable of murder.她認為他犯有謀殺罪,應受懲罰。

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