Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Blamable; worthy of reproof.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Worthy of reproof or censure.
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- adjective
reproachable ; worthy ofreproof orcensure
Etymologies
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Examples
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From Alexander the Grammarian, to be un-reprovable myself, and not reproachfully to reprehend any man for a barbarism, or a solecism, or any false pronunciation, but dextrously by way of answer, or testimony, or confirmation of the same matter (taking no notice of the word) to utter it as it should have been spoken; or by some other such close and indirect admonition, handsomely and civilly to tell him of it.
Meditations Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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The unstinted measure in which he poured his affectionate regards upon his friends of both sexes sounds rather sentimental to the colder-hearted Anglo-Saxon and at times seems reprovable, but, as he said himself, such was his nature, there was no remedy for it, and if there were he should not wish to employ it.
The Theology of Schleiermacher: A Condensed Presentation of His Chief Work, "The Christian Faith" 1862-1929 1911
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But that any one Man should make Work for so many; or rather keep them from Work, to make up a Train, has a Levity and Luxury in it very reprovable, both in Religion and Government.
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But it is a reprovable Delicacy in them, that despise Truth in plain Cloths.
Part I. Eloquence 1909
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Surely murder, robberies, and other such flaming immoralities were as reprovable then as now ....
The Emancipation of Massachusetts Brooks Adams 1887
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The ignorance of both is blameworthy, and negligence in both cases is reprovable.
Bahá’í World Faith 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882
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The ignorance of both is blameworthy, and negligence in both cases is reprovable.
Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882
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But it is a reprovable Delicacy in them, that despise Truth in plain Cloths.
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But that any one Man should make Work for so many; or rather keep them from Work, to make up a Train, has a Levity and Luxury in it very reprovable, both in Religion and Government.
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People should be seriously reproved for doing seriously reprovable things.
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