condemnable
adjective
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Pronunciation: /kənˈdɛm.nə.bəl/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English condemn Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English condemnable From condemn + -able.
- Deserving of condemnation.
“It is not the fault of any creed, but of the complicated nature of human affairs, […] that hardly any kind of action can safely be laid down as either always obligatory or always condemnable.”
“He’s got the one issue that’s utterly condemnable, but he was really quite open.”