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〜てしかるべきだ

〜てしかるべきだ says a reaction is natural and justified — "deserves to be criticized."

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How it's used

V-て + しかるべきだ = "it is only proper that ~." The など after the design example signals it is one of a type — designs that ignore safety — and the sentence asserts such designs rightly attract criticism, not that criticism is impossible or tolerable.

Example questions

安全性を軽視した設計など、批判され___。

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