Both Uses of
reprehensible
in
John Adams, by McCullough
- But then neither did he oppose them, and their passage and his signature on them were to be rightly judged by history as the most reprehensible acts of his presidency.†
Subsection 3.9.3 *reprehensible = bad
- In a letter to Oliver Wolcott that he most likely never sent, Adams said angrily that were he to consent to the appointment of Hamilton to second rank under Washington, he would consider it the most reprehensible action of his life.†
Subsection 3.9.4
Definition:
bad -- deserving severe criticism