condemnable

adj

condemnable

adj

/kənˈdɛm.nə.bəl/

Etymology From condemn + -able.

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.1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism:
  • He’s got the one issue that’s utterly condemnable, but he was really quite open.2009 January 24, Charles Mcgrath, “Surveying the Outer Reaches of Lust”, in New York Times:
Derived terms
condemnably, uncondemnable

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