irresponsible
adjective
said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility.
irresponsibility
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a word derived from
irresponsible.
Example Sentences
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Most tech executives have approached the AI boom with calculated irresponsibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 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
"Anyone involved in this will have to pay the price for the irresponsibility of causing ...perhaps the largest financial scandal in this country’s history," Lula said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 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
But these extravagant numbers were surely a form of self-aggrandizement, and reckless to the point of irresponsibility.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
