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The word "censurable" in literature is often employed to indicate actions or behaviors that are morally or ethically blameworthy, and its use can sometimes imply a comparison against an even larger fault. For instance, in an exercise from Farley and Kittredge’s "An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises" [1], the phrase "Your conduct was less censurable than ——" sets up a framework where a person's actions are measurably inferior in wrongdoing compared to an unstated, yet presumably more egregious, example. This usage highlights not only the condemnation inherent in the term but also invites the reader to contemplate a scale of misconduct, essentially suggesting that even reprehensible acts may be considered relatively minor when juxtaposed with graver misdeeds.
  1. Your conduct was less censurable than ——. EXERCISE 52 ( §§ 430–436 ,
    — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge

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