Definition of "censurable" [cen•sur•a•ble]

• Deserving of or open to censure. See Synonyms at blameworthy. (adjective)

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• "Polk considered this “highly censurable”—evidence that Scott and his allies would “throw every obstacle in the way of my prosecuting the Mexican War successfully.”"
• "According to the House of Representatives Guide of Decorum, this is a censurable offense."
• "For example, SCOTUS has abandoned wide swaths of the law, as anywhere from 60–80% of its threadbare docket is dedicated to resolving conflicts between various courts of appeals, and it has abandoned any and all pretense of policing irregular, censurable, and otherwise outright cor�rupt decisions of our inferior appellate courts, with instances of pure error correction occurring so rarely as to be remarkable."