as in innocent
free from guilt or blame
a blameless baby shouldn't have to suffer for his parents' mistakes
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Recent Examples of blameless
The duo settled this week ahead of their courtroom showdown and issued a needle-thread media statement, which was a meaningless, blameless word salad with hedge sauce.
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
Yet while Vitello is not blameless in the Giants’ poor start, there aren’t many buttons Vitello can push when the team’s foundational players are collectively underperforming.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
The Golden Knights were hardly blameless.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
The officials are not blameless.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Atlanta isn’t totally blameless in this mess.
—Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Wrigley is not entirely blameless.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
In the backfield, neither Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson are blameless.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
In her view, Kimmel is blameless.
—Dan Doperalski, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
Yet while Vitello is not blameless in the Giants’ poor start, there aren’t many buttons Vitello can push when the team’s foundational players are collectively underperforming.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
The Golden Knights were hardly blameless.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
The officials are not blameless.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Atlanta isn’t totally blameless in this mess.
—Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Wrigley is not entirely blameless.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
In the backfield, neither Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson are blameless.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
In her view, Kimmel is blameless.
—Dan Doperalski, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blameless
Adjective
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Two of the victims were shot and one, an innocent housewife, was buried alive.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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Slater was injured during an innocent-looking drill during training camp and sat out all season.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Chick lit was flippant and fizzy and fun, above all, as effervescent and guiltless as a vodka soda.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
4 May 2026
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And how many guiltless prisoners there are here!—
Alexei Navalny,
The New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The hits are present, including a faultless recipe for the restaurant icon, dal makhani, with its whole black lentils opulent with Punjabi garam masala, yogurt and heavy cream.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
11 May 2026
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And no one is more laide jolie, more sculpted and faultless, more wooden and sexless, than the paradoxical figure who goes by the name of Clavicular.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Rather than focus on a single irreproachable hero, Mendonça Filho dilates his lens to take in an expansive world.—
Michael Snyder,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Classics from the diasporic Vietnamese repertoire are included, too, with irreproachable instructions.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Blameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blameless. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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