blameworthy
blame.wor.thy \-the-\ aj : deserving blame : CENSURABLE en in deliberate avoidance of the stronger connotation of the other words and is very wide in applicability; GUILTY implies responsibility for or consciousness of crime, sin, or at least unquestioned error or misdoing; CULPABLE usu. suggests less stringent blame than GUILTY and connotes malfeasance or errors of omission, negligence, or ignorance SYN syn GUILTY, CULPABLE: BLAMEWORTHY is likely to be chos