be blameless
Frequency: 7.08.5 per million words
Used to state that someone is not responsible for something bad that has happened.
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- The official inquiry found the driver to be completely blameless in the accident.
- She insisted that her conduct in the affair had been entirely blameless.
- The children are blameless; the fault lies entirely with the adults.
- While the CEO took the fall, the board of directors was not blameless.
- Can anyone truly claim to be blameless in such a complicated dispute?
- He tried to act as if he were blameless, but his guilt was obvious.
- The company asserts that it is blameless for the supply chain disruptions.
- To be appointed to the committee, your professional record must be blameless.
- According to his supporters, the ousted leader was blameless and wrongly accused.
- If the evidence proves you are blameless, you will be fully exonerated.