blameable

6.4

People think it caused harm or did something wrong

adjective
/ˈbleɪməbl/

: culpable

Here's what Adam Smith had to say about a smuggler: "a person who, though no doubt highly blameable for violating the laws of his country, is frequently incapable of violating those of natural justice, and would have been, in every respect, an excellent citizen, had not the laws of his country made that a crime which nature never meant to be so."

Examples

If a product causes injury, the company may be held blameable for the harm done.
His actions were blameable as they caused significant harm to the community.
The manager found that the employee's mistakes were blameable and required a formal review.

Synonyms

guilty

vsblameable

∞ 2.3

Responsible for doing something wrong and open to blame or punishment

is about deserving blame or censure generally rather than legal responsibility

at fault

vsblameable

62 3.4

Responsible for causing a problem or mistake and deserving blame

applies to blame or censure rather than mere responsibility

reprehensible

vsblameable

Formal

50 7.9

Morally wrong and deserving strong criticism

is milder meaning blame or censure rather than harsh criticism

culpable

vsblameable

26 7.5

Deserving blame for doing something wrong

focuses on blame or censure rather than responsibility

blameworthy

vsblameable

1 6.5

Deserving blame for doing something wrong or harmful

is stronger stressing censure rather than general disapproval

discreditable

vsblameable

1 7.6

Likely to harm someone's reputation by showing shameful behaviour

focuses on reputation harm rather than direct blame or censure

condemnable

vsblameable

1 7.5

Deserving strong criticism for being wrong

is less severe meaning blame or censure rather than condemnation

blameful

vsblameable

1 7.9

Deserving criticism because someone did something wrong

is about blame for moral wrongs rather than harm alone

blamable

vsblameable

6.3

Deserving criticism for doing something wrong or causing harm

is the same meaning but appears as a variant form

reproachable

vsblameable

7.5

Deserving blame for doing something wrong

is about deserving censure for wrong or injurious acts

censurable

vsblameable

Formal

8.9

Deserving blame or formal criticism

applies to blame in general not only formal cases

Antonyms

blameless

18 3.6

Not guilty of any wrong

How Culpable

reprehensible

Formal

50 7.9

culpable

26 7.5

blameable

6.4

excusable

6 3.6

innocent

∞ 2.2

Surface Forms

blameable positive

blameabler comparative

blameablest superlative

Morphology

blameable = blame (transparent) = blame + able

Formed from the common verb 'blame' plus the productive suffix '-able', yielding an adjective meaning 'deserving of or able to be blamed', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Blameable comes from the simple verb blame ('to say someone did something wrong') plus the ending -able meaning 'able to be', as in readable or breakable. So, blameable means 'able to be blamed', or deserving blame.