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censurable

Meaning

worthy of official condemnation or blame.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

His repeated lies to the board were censurable. The trust he broke, the rules he ignored, showed a lack of respect that deserved blame. Everyone agreed his actions were not okay.

The village elders shook their heads, their faces grim. The sudden vanishing of the harvest, the spoiled grain in every shed, the unexplained blight on the fruiting vines – these were not accidents. Such widespread ruin and suffering was, in their eyes, truly censurable, a deliberate act demanding punishment.

The children's repeated defiance, their refusal to follow simple instructions during the school play rehearsal, was becoming truly censurable. The teacher’s frustration mounted; this behavior, disruptive and disrespectful, deserved blame.

The cat's decision to nap in the freshly baked pie was, to put it mildly, censurable. His owner stared, fork in hand, at the doughy feline. While fluffy, the act was clearly worthy of official condemnation. A swift bath was soon to follow this culinary crime.

The llama, having just painted a mustache on the esteemed portrait of Emperor Quibble, knew its actions were censurable. Its fuzzy face flushed, anticipating the stern scolding and the inevitable confiscation of its glitter glue.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The manager's blatant disregard for safety regulations was truly censurable. Ignoring repeated warnings, he put everyone at risk, a decision that warranted strong official blame for the ensuing accident.

The town council's decision to divert the contaminated water supply into the adjacent wildlife refuge was met with outrage. This act, a clear violation of environmental protection laws, was undeniably censurable. Parents worried about their children's health, and activists condemned the blatant disregard for natural habitats.

The council's decision to divert the contaminated runoff directly into the old wellspring was utterly censurable. Generations had relied on that water, and the reckless disregard for their health and the environment was a profound failure of responsibility.

When Bartholomew tried to impress the Queen with his "invisible dog," the resulting chaos, involving a tripping hazard of epic proportions and a very startled corgi, was truly censurable. The palace groundskeeper definitely deserved blame for not securing the invisible leash better.

Gary's attempt to teach his parakeet to yodel by strapping it to a tiny megaphone was, frankly, censurable. The bird's panicked squawks and the subsequent feather explosion were less "Oklahoma!" and more "avian meltdown." His neighbor, Mrs. Higgins, threatened to report him for cruelty to small, feathered, and now very traumatized, creatures.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

His blatant disregard for safety protocols, leading to the accident, was undeniably censurable. The company's swift decision to terminate his employment reflected the severity of his actions and the collective judgment that such negligence demanded public blame.

The council's decision to divert the wastewater directly into the estuary was widely seen as censurable. Residents, their fishing livelihoods threatened by the toxic discharge, expressed outrage, calling the environmental damage a blameworthy act that demanded immediate correction.

The council's decision to reroute the irrigation project, ignoring the pleas of the downstream farmers whose livelihoods depended on the existing water flow, was utterly censurable. They prioritized short-term gains for a select few, leaving many facing ruin.

The CEO's decision to replace the company cafeteria's nutritious kale smoothies with deep-fried Twinkies was, frankly, censurable. Such an egregious assault on well-being deserved universal condemnation, a culinary atrocity that made even the most stoic accountant weep for their arteries.

The rogue llama syndicate’s audacious plan to hoard all the world's artisanal cheese was, frankly, censurable. Their attempt to rebrand cheddar as "existential angst spread" was particularly egregious, prompting swift condemnation from the International Dairy Federation and a sternly worded memo about responsible curdling practices.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

His deliberate indifference to the suffering he witnessed was utterly censurable. Ignoring pleas for assistance, his inaction revealed a profound lack of empathy, a fault deserving of strong reprimand.

The committee deemed the researcher's repeated falsification of petrography data truly censurable. Such blatant disregard for academic integrity, particularly in the nascent field of exoplanetary mineralogy, warranted immediate, unequivocal rebuke. This transgression jeopardized years of painstaking work and eroded the trust essential for scientific advancement.

The captain's deliberate disregard for the established protocols, leading to the catastrophic failure of the primary life support system, was utterly censurable. His dereliction of duty, a blatant abandonment of responsibility for the entire crew's precarious existence, warranted the severest reprimand.

The audacious audacity of Bartholomew's ill-conceived plan to replace the town's entire water supply with lukewarm prune juice was undeniably censurable. His subsequent, rather beleaguered, attempt to explain this "refreshing innovation" at the town hall meeting only cemented its status as worthy of official condemnation.

The distinguished philatelist's egregious misplacement of the coveted Penny Black, a blunder so egregious it verged on the ignominious, was predictably censurable, prompting a collective gasp from the hushed auction hall. His subsequent, half-hearted attempt to attribute the loss to a rogue pigeon was met with profound incredulity and, frankly, considerable scorn.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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