condemnable

English

Etymology

condemn +‎ -able

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kənˈdɛm.nə.bəl/

Adjective

condemnable (comparative more condemnable, superlative most condemnable)

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

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