irresponsible
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsəbl/
:
irresponsable
- She realized that skipping school was an irresponsible choice.
- irresponsible behavior
- socially irresponsible
- irresponsible policies
And lust makes us do some really irrational, irresponsible, harmful things.
- And lust makes us do some really irrational, irresponsible, harmful things.
- There has been some irresponsible reporting about the family.
- And people are saying that that is irresponsible or as one guy puts it, unethical.
- You know how incredibly irresponsible it was for the director of the FBI?
- It it is so irresponsible to be doing this with kids.
- You know, I think the state designs laws based on the most irresponsible people, right?
- You sound irresponsible with your money like that.
- Well, no, that's that's financially irresponsible unless you guys sell a Pokémon card.
- I'm not suggesting that people be irresponsible.
- So for me to deny that feels really wrong and actually irresponsible.
- And, and platforms that encourage it are extremely irresponsible.
- Well, as you guys know, lately on this channel, I've been making a ton of irresponsible financial decisions.
- And it's it's irresponsible to the coming generations.
- Those it don't and won't are irresponsible and they will cause you problems.
Examples
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It would be irresponsible to build that kind of technology today.
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To withdraw precipitously under current circumstances would be irresponsible and would seriously damage U.S. national interests.
Academic text (1991) -
No, this is irresponsible of me, but nice going.
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You sound irresponsible with your money like that.
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Do you understand how irresponsible that is?
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There has been some irresponsible reporting about the family.
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If anything, corruption and irresponsible management made things worse, reducing the quality of urban life.
Academic text (1991) -
It would be irresponsible for the US to get more involved.
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This is the single most reckless and irresponsible spending bill in our nation's history.
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She'd fallen in love with him and done something completely irresponsible: she'd gotten pregnant.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
193
3.6
Acting without care about danger or the results
79
2.8
A lack of thought about possible danger or consequences
58
5.3
Not taking proper care and causing harm or risk
17
5.2
Not thinking about the future or the later results of actions
16
7.4
Taking dangerous risks without thinking about what will happen
9
7.6
Acting without care or good sense
4
8.1
Not caring about danger or the bad results of actions
1
6.7
Not careful about possible danger or harm
Antonyms
How Responsible
49
5.9
358
2.7
973
2.4
71
4.1
203
3.2
14
1.0
37
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
irresponsible = responsible (transparent) = ir + responsible
The prefix 'ir-' clearly negates the meaning of 'responsible', making the overall meaning straightforward.
Etymology
The word irresponsible begins with ir- meaning 'not' and the rest, responsible, is related to the word response, which means 'to answer'. So, irresponsible means 'not willing to answer' or not taking care for the results of your actions.