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  • 51obnoxious — I adjective abhorrent, abominable, annoying, antagonizing, antipathetic, base, beastly, blameworthy, censurable, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, displeasing, execrable, faulty, foul, fulsome, gross,… …

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  • 52peccable — I adjective bad, below par, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, defective, erring, exceptionable, fallen, fallible, faulty, flawed, guilty, illaudable, imperfect, inadequate, iniquitous, lacking, lax, less than perfect, liable to err,… …

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  • 53peccant — I (culpable) adjective aberrant, accursed, accusable, amoral, astray, bad, base, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, chargeable, criminal, criminous, debauched, dishonest, erroneous, evil, execrable, faultful, fiendish, foul, full of mischief,… …

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  • 54reprehensible — I adjective accusable, bad, base, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, chargeable, condemnable, convictable, criminal, culpa dignus, culpable, delinquent, deserving censure, deserving reproof, discreditable, disgraceful, disgusting,… …

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  • 55sinister — I adjective alarming, baleful, baneful, blameworthy, censurable, cold blooded, comminatory, conscienceless, contemptible, corrupt, creepy, cruel, culpable, dangerous, demoniac, demoniacal, deserving of condemnation, designing, despiteful,… …

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  • 56unjustifiable — un·jus·ti·fi·able /ˌən jəs tə ˌfī ə bəl, ˌjəs tə fī / adj: not justifiable un·jus·ti·fi·ably adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. unjustifiable …

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  • 57blamable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. reprehensible, culpable, blameworthy; see guilty 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) also blameable adjective Deserving blame: blameful, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, guilty, reprehensible. Idiom: at fault. See PRAISE …

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  • 58censurable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible; see guilty 2 , wrong 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Deserving blame: blamable, blameful, blameworthy, culpable, guilty, reprehensible. Idiom: at fault. See PRAISE …

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  • 59Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 60negligent — negligent, neglectful, lax, slack, remiss are comparable when applied to persons, their ways of working or acting, and the results of their work or activities with the meaning culpably careless or manifesting such carelessness. Negligent implies… …

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