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reprehensible

[rep-ri-hen-suh-buhl]

adjective

  1. deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.

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reprehensible

/ ˌ°łÉ›±č°łÉŖĖˆ³óɛ²Ō²õə²śÉ™±ō /

adjective

  1. open to criticism or rebuke; blameworthy

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • reprehensibility noun
  • reprehensibleness noun
  • reprehensibly adverb
  • nonreprehensibility noun
  • nonreprehensible adjective
  • nonreprehensibleness noun
  • nonreprehensibly adverb
  • unreprehensible adjective
  • unreprehensibleness noun
  • unreprehensibly adverb
  • ˌ°ł±š±č°ł±šĖŒ³ó±š²Ō²õ¾±Ėˆ²ś¾±±ō¾±³Ł²ā noun
  • ˌ°ł±š±č°ł±šĖˆ³ó±š²Ō²õ¾±²ś±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of reprehensible1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin °ł±š±č°ł±š³óŧ²Ō²õ¾±²ś¾±±ō¾±²õ, equivalent to Latin °ł±š±č°ł±š³óŧ²Ō²õ ( us ) (past participle of reprehendere to reprehend ) + -ibilis -ible
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of reprehensible1

C14: from Late Latin reprehensibilis , from Latin reprehendere to hold back, reprove; see reprehend
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has previously described dog ownership - other than for the purposes of herding, hunting and security - as "reprehensible".

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At the same time, true believers like Dedra are warned that their willingness to follow morally reprehensible orders to the letter won't save them when the Empire falls apart.

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Deborah Coles, director of the charity Inquest, told the BBC the "reprehensible" behaviour was a pattern "played out across the country" but was "exemplified" in Essex.

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Those comments were described as "reprehensible" by the dean of the faculty of advocates and sparked a Tory attempt to remove the Green MSP from the committee.

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The dean of the faculty of advocates has criticised Scottish Green MSP Maggie Chapman for what he described as "reprehensible" comments attacking the judiciary following the Supreme Court judgement on the definition of a woman.

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