culpable
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˈkʌlpəbl/
:
culpable
- So we're partly culpable, of course, too.
- morally culpable
- criminally culpable
- equally culpable
So Lewis is as culpable as Mike for engaging in smoking marijuana.
- So Lewis is as culpable as Mike for engaging in smoking marijuana.
- So as far as the Stoics are concerned, the one person is just as culpable as is the other.
- So he puts this, he posts this article as though like I'm, you know, morally culpable in this situation.
- OK, Now, so I say the agencies themselves are not, are not culpable in the sense that they're planning this.
- The Hong Kong regulators held a market misconduct tribunal and found Citroen Research, not China, Evergrande, culpable of market misconduct.
- Like I, I don't know where to interpret my my experiences because I was made to feel culpable.
- But I think that bankruptcy sometimes helps that along because it doesn't treat institutions as much like culpable actors as it does individuals, right?
- There's a culpable agent reliable evidence that this is al Qaeda.
- Yeah, once your day with him, you're culpable as well.
- The other set of bandits are tech overlords are just as culpable.
- They're just tolerant to the antibiotics and there are non culpable mycobacteria that may be the persistors that lead to recurrence.
- And so, you know, you would be culpable for not aspiring if in effect, in spite of having people to help you, you still didn't do it right.
Examples
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But in the end everyone is culpable."
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We are talking about culpable criminal negligence, professionals who are not providing the professional services promised.
Academic text (1990) -
It's like, look, we have to make people culpable for some of the things that they do.
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And how were you culpable in this marriage?
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I had no idea how culpable he was for what was about to happen.
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I need you to find him culpable.
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The church seemed less and less culpable.
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At what point does one's need to go back become a sign of culpable weakness?
Academic text (1993) -
I think Captain Williams was very culpable for overloading it.
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The jury found the defendant culpable for her role in the fraudulent scheme.
Synonyms
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2.7
In charge of something or the one who caused it to happen
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2.3
Responsible for doing something wrong and open to blame or punishment
953
3.0
The person or thing that causes something bad
251
4.6
Responsible for actions and must explain them to someone in charge
89
5.5
Legally responsible to pay for damage or loss
62
3.4
Responsible for causing a problem or mistake and deserving blame
50
7.9
Morally wrong and deserving strong criticism
47
8.3
Being involved with others in something illegal or wrong
9
6.4
Required to explain your actions to someone in authority
1
6.5
Deserving blame for doing something wrong or harmful
1
7.9
Deserving criticism because someone did something wrong
Deserving criticism for doing something wrong or causing harm
People think it caused harm or did something wrong
Deserving blame or formal criticism
Deserving blame for doing something wrong
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
1
8.8
A careless failure to take normal care that causes or could cause harm
How Blameworthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
culpable = culp + able
The adjective is formed with the Latin combining form 'culp-' plus the productive suffix '-able', but 'culp' is not a standalone English word so an average B1 learner cannot reliably infer the meaning from familiar English components.
Etymology
Culpable comes from the Latin root culpa, which means 'fault' or 'blame' and is the same root you see in culprit. So, if someone is culpable, they are deserving of blame for a mistake or wrong action.