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 Translation for 'reprehensible' from English to French
ADJ   reprehensible | more reprehensible | most reprehensible
SYNO condemnable | criminal | deplorable | ...
blâmable {adj}reprehensible
condamnable {adj}reprehensible
répréhensible {adj}reprehensible
moralement répréhensible {adj}morally reprehensible
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  • répréhensible = culpable
  • répréhensible = blamable
  • répréhensible = censurable
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Usage Examples English
  • In a critical review for "The Washington Post", Tom Shales wrote that the film "is beyond reprehensible as a piece of entertainment" and called it a "sorry charade".
  • In March 1971, the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine denounced Kalynets' poetry as "reprehensible", made worse by the fact that he allowed his work to be published in the West.
  • When a scandal breaks, the discovery of an attempt to cover up the truth is often regarded as even more reprehensible than the original deeds.
  • The Opposition proclaimed the Loans Affair a "reprehensible circumstance", which justified the blocking of supply in the Senate, leading to the dismissal of the Whitlam government a few weeks later by Governor-General, Sir John Kerr.
  • He subsequently regretted this and referred to his own words about Stalin as reprehensible.

  • "Computer Gaming World" called the plot of exterminating an entire alien race "reprehensible" and criticized the documentation for sounding like "fascist propaganda".
  • The actions of the regulator were denounced as reprehensible by clinical members of the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, who said there wasn’t any apparent forward planning or mitigation plan around what would happen when they were closed down.
  • She called his words "reprehensible and tasteless", with her full statement saying: "The text his reprehensible and tasteless.
  • The exchange has been criticized by journalists and members of the press, who termed the exchange ‘reprehensible’ and ‘condemn-able’.
  • "Wet Wilderness" was called "reprehensible in pretty much every possible way" by AV Maniacs, which also said the film's potentially offensive content was dulled by how inept and poorly acted it was.

  • Fault refers to the legal blameworthiness of the reprehensible state of mind or careless conduct of a criminally accountable person who has acted unlawfully.
  • In the Middle Ages, Arabic views considered intercrural sex "reprehensible" although its lesser status led to practitioners avoiding harsh punishments.
  • In contemporary Britain, this was regarded as a useful source of revenue, like (and not significantly more reprehensible than) cattle-raiding.
  • It is probable that much of the nature notes for which he was also highly praised was actually the work of Andrew Graham, either generously given or plagiarised, an action not considered so reprehensible in those days.
  • According to Al-Nawawi, 'changing the reprehensible by hand,' or by compulsion, like jihad, was the purview of the state alone; changing with the tongue' was the right of the ulama; ordinary, individual Muslims should only reject the reprehensible with their hearts.

  • Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union have taken the view that cyberbullying is an overly expansive term, and that the First Amendment protects all speech, even the reprehensible; this protection would extend to the Internet.
  • I - When the victim, so reprehensible, directly caused the injury; II - For immediate retaliation, which consists of another injury.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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