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RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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Deserving criticism or blame.

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reproachable

The committee described the deliberate concealment as reproachable conduct.
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Later, the manager distinguished a real seating problem from nitpicking about whether a reusable mug matched the kitchen's paint. She chose to reprimand the tenant after he repeatedly insulted colleagues despite a clear request to stop. The conduct was reproachable because it knowingly made a shared space hostile, not because his taste differed from anyone else's.
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