Example Sentences

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The remainder of Joyce’s life, after departing Dublin, is a tale of domestic struggle, personal irresponsibility and heroic achievement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

A spendthrift trust is irrevocable and designed to protect a beneficiary’s inheritance from creditors, civil lawsuits resulting from an alleged $100,000 bank fraud and/or, as importantly, their own financial irresponsibility.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

And he slammed cadres who for "too long been accustomed to defeatism, irresponsibility and passiveness".

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Often, the man’s callous irresponsibility would trigger a response that would snowball into something “unhinged,” intentionally augmented for dramatic effect.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025

I am afraid of seeming either to promise more than I can perform, which suggests complete irresponsibility, or to perform less than I can, which suggests bad faith and indifference.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith