Reprehensible

Shocked by the events of September 11th, politicians all over the world condemned the terrorists for their reprehensible deed.

Not all violence is equally reprehensible; not all wars are equally unjust.

Miss Eliza was one of those people who give you the impression that life is indeed a vale of tears, and that a smile, never to speak of a laugh, is a waste of nervous energy truly reprehensible.

What you have come to know, preserve by exercise; what you have not learned, seek to add to your knowledge; for it is as reprehensible to hear a profitable saying and not grasp it as to be offered a good gift by one's friends and not accept it.

It's reprehensible to exploit a person's gullibility.

Confucius said: " Yu the Great's conduct, I could not point out any flaws. He consumes meager amount of food, while offering boastful riches to the Gods and ancestors; He always don the crudest attire, but wears lavish garments when worshipping; He resides in a small house, yet forges water ways and ditches with all his might. Figures like Yu the Great, I honestly cannot point out any reprehensible flaws."

Such behaviour appears highly reprehensible.

In Sweden, where diversity is celebrated, the reprehensible act of burning copies of the Quran orchestrated by a few far-right individuals is widely condemned and rejected by the majority.

Laughing without motive is reprehensible.

Scarlett O’Hara was the heroine of the novel/movie Gone with the Wind and the reprehensible sequel Scarlett.