Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With reprehension, or so as to merit it; culpably; in a manner to deserve censure or reproof.
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- adverb In a
reprehensible manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure
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Examples
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Gordon Brown outlined fresh curbs on City bonuses today as he claimed some banks were still behaving "reprehensibly" despite the credit crunch.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants a cap on bonuses, warning that financial institutions are still behaving "reprehensibly" despite the credit crunch.
icSolihull 2009
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants a cap on bonuses, warning that financial institutions are still behaving "reprehensibly" despite the credit crunch.
unknown title 2009
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"No, no! I can only describe his conduct as eccentric -- what one might call reprehensibly eccentric and extravagant.
Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers F. Anstey 1895
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The apparent front runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has given new birth to the wacko "Birther" movement and is reprehensibly stoking the flames of racism in America.
Andy Ostroy: Donald Trump Doesn't Know Reality From Reality TV Andy Ostroy 2011
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The apparent front runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has given new birth to the wacko "Birther" movement and is reprehensibly stoking the flames of racism in America.
Andy Ostroy: Donald Trump Doesn't Know Reality From Reality TV Andy Ostroy 2011
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Recently, 1Sky worked with Appalachian Voices on a video that speaks to the need to protect Appalachia from the reprehensibly destructive practice of mountaintop removal:
Liz Butler: Appalachia Is Rising Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Liz Butler 2010
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The apparent front runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has given new birth to the wacko "Birther" movement and is reprehensibly stoking the flames of racism in America.
Andy Ostroy: Donald Trump Doesn't Know Reality From Reality TV Andy Ostroy 2011
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But what if up until that point they'd shown little sign of behaving so reprehensibly?
Constitutional reform: Alternative currents | Editorial 2011
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Fox News, by its actions against LL Cool J and Toby Keith as well as well as the remarks against LL Cool J, have acted reprehensibly and dishonestly.
Toby Keith also unknowing participant in Palin's Fox News show 2010
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