irreproachable
adjective
ir·re·proach·able
ˌir-i-ˈprō-chə-bəl 
: not reproachable : blameless, impeccable
irreproachable conduct
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Examples of irreproachable in a Sentence
His conduct as a police officer was irreproachable.
the captain of the force is a police officer of absolutely irreproachable character
Recent Examples on the Web
There may be practical reasons that your friend won’t get his way, but his argument, unlike his driving, is irreproachable.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 June 2024
Jefferson points out that there is great pressure on men of the Morehouse variety to prove wrong the racist stereotypes of Black males as being lazy or criminal — to embrace a kind of Barack Obama masculinity that is solid and irreproachable.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
But Monkey Man is also, more than anything, proof of Patel’s commitment to moving beyond being the gentle, irreproachable good guy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Right-wing critics have attacked the image as a deliberate dilution of the French nation and its history in a sea of sugary, irreproachable blandness most evident in the removal of the cross atop the golden dome of the Invalides, the former military hospital where Napoleon is buried.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The protagonists aren’t irreproachable role models but something rarer and more valuable: relatable assholes.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
Your work has been irreproachable.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
Minnesota had sent him to Washington as an independent, ethically irreproachable successor to the storied Hubert Humphrey, the ebullient Democrat who had returned to the Senate after losing the 1968 presidential race and whose widow, Muriel Humphrey, had been holding her husband’s unexpired term.
—Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
Leopard print may have reached the apotheosis of respectability when, in early 2020, the irreproachable Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge and the future Queen of England, was photographed wearing a midi-length, floaty pleated skirt patterned with leopard spots.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 June 2024
Jefferson points out that there is great pressure on men of the Morehouse variety to prove wrong the racist stereotypes of Black males as being lazy or criminal — to embrace a kind of Barack Obama masculinity that is solid and irreproachable.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
But Monkey Man is also, more than anything, proof of Patel’s commitment to moving beyond being the gentle, irreproachable good guy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Right-wing critics have attacked the image as a deliberate dilution of the French nation and its history in a sea of sugary, irreproachable blandness most evident in the removal of the cross atop the golden dome of the Invalides, the former military hospital where Napoleon is buried.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The protagonists aren’t irreproachable role models but something rarer and more valuable: relatable assholes.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
Your work has been irreproachable.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
Minnesota had sent him to Washington as an independent, ethically irreproachable successor to the storied Hubert Humphrey, the ebullient Democrat who had returned to the Senate after losing the 1968 presidential race and whose widow, Muriel Humphrey, had been holding her husband’s unexpired term.
—Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
Leopard print may have reached the apotheosis of respectability when, in early 2020, the irreproachable Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge and the future Queen of England, was photographed wearing a midi-length, floaty pleated skirt patterned with leopard spots.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
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“Irreproachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irreproachable. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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