blameworthy

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• do: In the moral sense, that is - did He ever do anything blameworthy, incur guilt for a moral lapse?

Modifies a noun

• crash: Research has shown that use of driver training can reduce blameworthy crashes by between 30 % and 70 % in the first two years.
• accident: Between them they have had no blameworthy accidents in the past three years, and together with them we are proud of their record.
• conduct: One must not confuse innocence of a criminal offense with innocence of blameworthy conduct.
• action: The motorist moved out ' because ' the cyclist was there, the fact that he did so was the blameworthy action.

Modifying Another Word

• morally: Is it possible for groups, as distinct from their members, to be morally blameworthy for bringing about harm?
• not: We have just said that Paul was not blameworthy in regard to the divisions with which he had to do.