irresponsibility
17
4.8
- noun
- /ˌɪrɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪti/
:
irresponsabilidad
- Your irresponsibility nearly cost Saphira her life.
- moral irresponsibility
All right, We can see things like fiscal irresponsibility, selfishness, being rude to other people.
- All right, We can see things like fiscal irresponsibility, selfishness, being rude to other people.
- Always has been understood as irresponsibility, Yes.
Examples
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Is there any way... you can begin to understand the depth of your irresponsibility toward your children, toward the state, not to mention toward yourself?!
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Your irresponsibility, Doctor, is a threat to the success of my programme.
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What kind of irresponsibility is this?
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Is there any way you can begin to understand the depth of your irresponsibility?
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The greatest threat to our future is our own fiscal irresponsibility.
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But, frankly, so far I've seen nothing but irresponsibility.
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Victims of an American culture in which greed, irresponsibility and fraud were openly encouraged.
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Through his irresponsibility, Leta and her sisters were shuttled from home to home.
Academic text (1990) -
The era of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street and in Washington has led us to a financial crisis as serious as any that we've faced since the Great Depression.
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His consistent irresponsibility led to a series of mistakes that cost the company a lot of money.
Synonyms
80
6.5
Failure to take proper care that causes harm or loss
1
6.9
Failure to do required tasks at work or school
1
8.4
A situation when people are not held responsible for actions or decisions
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 doing important duties and not accepting blame for mistakes
Not being careful or responsible about doing what is right
A lack of care when doing important work that causes problems
Not paying attention and being careless about work
Antonyms
198
6.1
Being responsible for your actions and having to explain them to other people
How Responsible
3
7.6
198
6.1
∞
2.7
- Specialized
80
6.5
17
4.8
16
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
irresponsibility = irresponsible (transparent) = ir + responsible + ity
The noun form 'irresponsibility' is clearly derived from the adjective 'irresponsible' indicating a state or quality.
Etymology
Irresponsibility breaks into ir- meaning 'not' and responsibility, which comes from the idea of being able to respond or 'answer' for your actions. So irresponsibility is the state of 'not answering' — not taking care of your duties or being responsible for what you do.