as in innocent
free from guilt or blame
a blameless baby shouldn't have to suffer for his parents' mistakes
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Adjective
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They have been used before in crowded city centers in Europe to take innocent lives and spread fear.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025 -
What does that have to do with innocent bystander Zac Efron?—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Many fans found its generally joyous treatment of Miranda’s guiltless affair with Che, a nonbinary comedian, in the first season off-putting.—
Lili Loofbourow,
Washington Post,
21 June 2023
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In the wake of Franco’s death, in 1975, came the pacto del olvido, or pact of oblivion—a determination, enshrined in the Amnesty Law of 1977, to brush away the vestiges of former crimes and hence to move onward with a guiltless transition to democracy.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
24 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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The kind of sexuality that doesn’t easily square with beliefs that women need to be faultless and every corner of our lives must adhere to prevailing (and individualistic) liberal-feminist beliefs.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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While some have blamed rising health care costs on medical providers or hospitals, insurers are not faultless.—
Patrik Jonsson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Service Last but not least, providing irreproachable service is imperative.—
Suneeta Motala,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
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There may be practical reasons that your friend won’t get his way, but his argument, unlike his driving, is irreproachable.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
12 June 2024
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“Blameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blameless. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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