irresponsiveness
- noun
- /ˌɪrɪˈspɑːnsɪvnəs/
:
irresponsabilidad
- Her irresponsiveness during group assignments led to uneven workloads.
Examples
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The team's irresponsiveness led to several missed opportunities.
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Her irresponsiveness to the project deadlines caused frustration.
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His irresponsiveness to important emails caused delays in the project.
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The manager was frustrated by the team's irresponsiveness during the crisis.
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Parents were concerned about the school's irresponsiveness to safety complaints.
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The child's irresponsiveness to his parents' warnings worried them.
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The committee's irresponsiveness to community feedback sparked public outrage.
Synonyms
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4.8
Failing to do required duties and causing problems for others
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2.8
Lack of attention that causes mistakes or accidents
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8.4
A situation when people are not held responsible for actions or decisions
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6.1
A lack of care or strictness in work
Failing to do what you should or to keep promises
A situation when people do not blame a person or group for a problem
Not being careful or responsible about doing what is right
A lack of care when doing important work that causes problems
Lack of attention that makes you forget or ignore tasks
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
irresponsiveness = irresponsive (opaque) = ir + respons + ive + ness
Although '-ness' normally forms a quality noun from 'irresponsive', this sense means 'irresponsibility', which is not the expected meaning of that base.
Etymology
Irresponsiveness comes from the parts ir- 'not', responsible (from an old root meaning 'to answer' or 'to respond'), and -ness which makes a noun. A helpful way to remember it is that being 'responsible' meant being able to 'answer' for your actions, so irresponsiveness is the quality of not accepting responsibility or not 'answering' for what you do.