Condemnable

//kənˈdɛm.nə.bəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Deserving of condemnation.

    "It is not the fault of any creed, but of the complicated nature of human affairs, […] that hardly any kind of action can safely be laid down as either always obligatory or always condemnable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure wordnet

Example

More examples

"It is not the fault of any creed, but of the complicated nature of human affairs, […] that hardly any kind of action can safely be laid down as either always obligatory or always condemnable."

Etymology

From condemn + -able.

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