irresponsible
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ir- + responsible.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪɹ.əˈspɑn.sə.bəl/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɔn.sə.bəl/, [ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɔn.sə.bl̩]
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Adjective[edit]
irresponsible (comparative more irresponsible, superlative most irresponsible)
- (now rare) Not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 28:
- They left the crown what, in the eye and estimation of law, it had ever been, perfectly irresponsible.
- Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.
Translations[edit]
not responsible; not subject to responsibility
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lacking a sense of responsibility
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Noun[edit]
irresponsible (plural irresponsibles)
- Someone who is not responsible.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “irresponsible”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “irresponsible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.