irresponsible

English

Etymology

ir- +‎ responsible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪrəˈspɑnsɪbəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsəbl/

Adjective

irresponsible (comparative more irresponsible, superlative most irresponsible)

1. Lacking a sense of responsibility; incapable of or not chargeable with responsibility; unable to respond to obligation; negligent.
2. Not responsible; not subject to responsibility; not to be held accountable, or called into question.

Translations

lacking a sense of responsibility

• Armenian: անպատասխանատու (hy) (anpatasxanatu)
• Belarusian: безадка́зны (bjezadkázny), безадпавяда́льны (bjezadpavjadálʹny)
• Bulgarian: безотговорен (bg) (bezotgovoren)
• Catalan: irresponsable
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不負責的／不负责的 (bù fù zérèn de), 不负责任的 (bù fù zérèn de)

• Czech: nezodpovědný, neodpovědný
• French: irresponsable (fr)
• German: verantwortungslos (de), unverantwortlich
• Greek: ανεύθυνος (el) m (anéfthynos)
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• Japanese: 無責任な (ja) (むせきにんな, musekinin na)
• Maori: hurori
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ansvarsløs (no)

• Polish: nieodpowiedzialny (pl) m, lekkomyślny (pl) m
• Portuguese: irresponsável (pt)
• Romanian: iresponsabil (ro) m, iresponsabilă f
• Russian: безотве́тственный (ru) (bezotvétstvennyj)
• Spanish: irresponsable (es)
• Swedish: ansvarslös (sv), oansvarig (sv)
• Turkish: mesuliyetsiz (tr), sorumsuz (tr)
• Ukrainian: безвідповіда́льний (uk) (bezvidpovidálʹnyj)

not responsible; not subject to responsibility

• Bulgarian: не носещ отговорност (ne nosešt otgovornost)
• Catalan: irresponsable
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不負責任的／不负责任的 (bù fù zérèn de), 不负责任的 (bù fù zérèn de)

• Finnish: viaton (fi), syytön (fi), ei vastuussa
• French: irresponsable (fr)
• German: nicht verantwortlich (de)
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• Greek: ανεύθυνος (el) m (anéfthynos)
• Irish: neamhfhreagrach
• Portuguese: irresponsável (pt)
• Russian: не несу́щий отве́тственности (ne nesúščij otvétstvennosti)
• Spanish: irresponsable (es)
• Swedish: oansvarig (sv)
• Turkish: mesul (tr)/sorumlu (tr) olmayan (tr)

Noun

irresponsible (plural irresponsibles)

1. Someone who is not responsible.

References

• “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.

See also

• unresponsive