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irresponsible - 5 dictionary results

ir⋅re⋅spon⋅si⋅ble

[ir-i-spon-suh-buhl]
–adjective
1. said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
2. not capable of or qualified for responsibility, as due to age, circumstances, or a mental deficiency.
3. not responsible, answerable, or accountable to higher authority: irresponsible as a monarch.
–noun
4. an irresponsible person.

Origin:
1640–50; ir- 2 + responsible


ir⋅re⋅spon⋅si⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, ir⋅re⋅spon⋅si⋅ble⋅ness, noun
ir⋅re⋅spon⋅si⋅bly, adverb


1. unreliable, undependable, thoughtless.
ir·re·spon·si·ble   (ĭr'ĭ-spŏn'sə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Marked by a lack of responsibility: irresponsible accusations.
  2. Lacking a sense of responsibility; unreliable or untrustworthy.
  3. Law Not mentally or financially fit to assume responsibility.
  4. Not liable to be called to account by a higher authority.
n.  
  1. One who has no sense of responsibility.
  2. Law One who is mentally or financially unfit to assume responsibility for one's actions.
  3. One who is unlikely to be called to account by a higher authority.
ir're·spon'si·bil'i·ty, ir're·spon'si·ble·ness n., ir're·spon'si·bly adv.

Irresponsible

Ir`re*spon"si*ble\, a. [Pref. ir- not + responsible: cf. F. irresponsable.]

1. Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.

2. Not to be trusted; unreliable.
Language Translation for : irresponsible
Spanish: irresponsable,
German: verantwortungslos,
Japanese: 無責任な

irresponsible 
1648, "not legally answerable for conduct or actions," from in- "not" + responsible (q.v.). Meaning "not acting with a sense of responsibility" is from 1681.

Main Entry: ir·re·spon·si·ble
Pronunciation: "ir-i-'spän(t)-s&-b&l
Function: adjective
: not responsible : mentally inadequate to bear responsibility —ir·re·spon·si·bil·i·ty /-"spän(t)-s&-'bil-&t-E/ noun plural -ties
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