a bad workman blames his tools

Examples of blamed

blamed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

At one level, political literature and popular ballads blamed defeat on poor strategic judgement and the administration's skewed continental priorities.
As we have seen, the report blamed parents for the state of the evacuees' footwear and clothing, and recommended needlework classes in schools.
There were also those who always blamed others for their plights.
Others blamed the government for failing to extend the 75 service.
If a person cannot properly be blamed for what she has done, then this fact makes condemnation inappropriate.
The inconclusive nature of the judicial reforms can be blamed on the internal workings of the administration.
In other cases, overexposure to contemporary society was blamed or mystical explanations appealed to.
The government accused these groups of being corrupt and inefficient producers, and blamed them for the high meat prices in the urban markets.
The woman blamed the hairdresser with the apprentices who was smiling all the time.
All of the participants were asked whom or what they blamed most for the trauma.
Thus, drought, one of the greatest natural disasters intermittently confronting the nation, was blamed on political conflicts within the royal family.
These authors posit that residential care cannot be blamed for dependency and a gradual reliance on others.
Politicians and academics were publicly blamed for overlooking local interests.
It still blamed the railway legacy of 'national characteristics from the geographical, technical and legal standpoints, their role ending at the frontiers of each country'.
These teachers blamed family conditions and parents, in particular, for students less motivated than themselves as children.
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