indirectly responsible
Frequency: 7.813.5 per million words
describes being accountable for something through a secondary cause
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- The manager was held indirectly responsible for the team's failure.
- Pollution from factories is indirectly responsible for climate change.
- While he didn't commit the act, he was indirectly responsible for its outcome.
- Many consumers are indirectly responsible for unethical labor practices by their purchasing choices.
- The government's policies were seen as indirectly responsible for the economic downturn.
- She felt indirectly responsible for the accident because she hadn't warned him earlier.
- His negligence made him indirectly responsible for the property damage.
- The lack of proper infrastructure is indirectly responsible for many traffic problems.
- Parents are often indirectly responsible for their children's habits.
- The company stated that no single individual was directly, but rather indirectly, responsible for the error.