| word | culpable |
|---|---|
| definition | Deserving to be condemned or blamed. |
| eg_sentence | The company was found guilty of culpable negligence in allowing the chemical waste to leak into the groundwater. |
| explanation | Culpable normally means simply “guilty.” To a lawyer, “culpable negligence” is carelessness so serious that it becomes a crime—for instance, building a swimming pool in your suburban yard with no fence around it, so that a neighbor's child could fall in and drown. But degrees of culpability are important in the law; someone who intended to do harm always faces a more serious challenge in court than someone who was merely careless. |
| IPA | ˈkəlpəbəl |
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