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irresponsible

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adjective

ir·​re·​spon·​si·​ble ˌir-i-ˈspän(t)-sə-bəl How to pronounce irresponsible (audio)
: not responsible: such as
a
: lacking a sense of responsibility
b
: said or done with no sense of responsibility
irresponsible accusations
c
: unable especially mentally or financially to bear responsibility
d
: not answerable to higher authority
an irresponsible dictatorship
irresponsibility noun
irresponsibleness noun
irresponsibly adverb

irresponsible

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noun

: a person who is irresponsible

Example Sentences

Adjective He's too irresponsible to keep a job for more than a week. She made irresponsible comments that helped cause the riot. It would be irresponsible to ignore the threats.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Republicans have bashed the proposal, saying that any tax increases or spending package while the nation is falling into an economic recession is irresponsible. Isabella Murray, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2022 To use real-life examples and expose those examples to generations of new employees—that just strikes me as being irresponsible. Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022 The German vulnerability turned the tables on an old European script; in previous financial crises, the Germans pointed the finger at weaker countries, especially in the continent’s south, for being irresponsible. New York Times, 26 July 2022 Using the money for immediate tax relief instead of paying down Connecticut’s unfunded pension debt is not irresponsible, Stefanowski said. Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2022 To pretend that's not happening is irresponsible in its own way. Owen Myers, EW.com, 30 June 2022 Regulators must ask if dragging Spirit into JetBlue's business model is illogical, irresponsible, and unfair to its customers. John Samuelsen, Fortune, 29 June 2022 The threat is gun idolatry, a form of gun fetish that’s fundamentally aggressive, grotesquely irresponsible, and potentially destabilizing to American democracy. Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 6 June 2022 How there can’t be a bipartisan consensus on an issue like this is very disheartening, very irresponsible by our leaders. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1648, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of irresponsible was in 1648

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