adj
culpable
KUHL-puh-buhl
adj
1
Deserving blame for wrongdoing.
"The report found the manager culpable for ignoring the safety warnings."
How to Use Culpable
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDeserving blame; guilty of something wrong.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
culpable negligence
found culpable
Word Forms
more culpable comparative, most culpable superlative
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Etymology
From Old French culpable, from Latin culpabilis ("blameworthy"), from culpa ("fault").