culpable

IPA: kˈʌɫpʌbʌɫ

Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.

Examples of "culpable" in Sentences

During the reign of the late king, the ark had been left in culpable neglect.
To me the only place the Feds are culpable is in the authorization of funds to build up the levees.
If allowing sin to enter creation makes God "culpable" -- well, it can't be said He hasn't suffered for it ...
"If allowing sin to enter creation makes God" culpable "-- well, it can't be said He hasn't suffered for it ..."
Still, though, the head of the investigation said there was no evidence of deliberate distortion or what Lord Butler called culpable negligence.
And so the story goes, of all the organizations and institutions that have engaged in culpable activities, one is singled out for punishment by the Federal Government.
Remember, there are also specific child abuse laws that many states have that go beyond intentional crimes that can make you criminally responsible for what they call culpable neglect.
She was reduced to the last degree of poverty; her friends held themselves aloof, disgusted at what they termed her culpable weakness; she and her children suffered from cold and hunger; and during her subsequent illness she and they must have starved and frozen but for the public charities, that would not let anyone in our midst perish from want of necessary food and fuel.