ir·re·spon·si·ble
ˌir-i-ˈspän(t)-sə-bəl 
: not responsible: such as
a
: lacking a sense of responsibility
b
: said or done with no sense of responsibility
irresponsible accusations
c
: unable especially mentally or financially to bear responsibility
d
: not answerable to higher authority
an irresponsible dictatorship
: a person who is irresponsible
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Examples of irresponsible in a Sentence
Adjective
He's too irresponsible to keep a job for more than a week.
She made irresponsible comments that helped cause the riot.
It would be irresponsible to ignore the threats.
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David Plazas, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Honoring Pearson with a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract would be a highly irresponsible use of the people’s money.
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Centrists called it irresponsible, but the two wings called it inevitable.
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Throwing those types of allegations around is irresponsible and silly.
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Adjective
Sadly, despite incidents like these, irresponsible rhetoric persists.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Honoring Pearson with a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract would be a highly irresponsible use of the people’s money.
—Kemala Karmen, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
Centrists called it irresponsible, but the two wings called it inevitable.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Dec. 2024
Throwing those types of allegations around is irresponsible and silly.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Irresponsible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irresponsible. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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irresponsible
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ir·re·spon·si·ble
ˌir-i-ˈspän(t)-sə-bəl
: not responsible : mentally inadequate to bear responsibility
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