Irresponsibility
noun
The state or character of being careless about duties or consequences.
His irresponsibility caused the accident because he was driving after drinking alcohol.
Often appears as...
- acts of irresponsibility
- total irresponsibility
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Disapproving
noun
The state or character of being careless about duties or consequences.
His irresponsibility caused the accident because he was driving after drinking alcohol.
Often appears as...
- acts of irresponsibility
- total irresponsibility
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
Irresponsibility usually suggests someone's failure to meet obligations or care for the well-being of others.
His irresponsibility in handling the team's project led to missed deadlines.
Pro Tip 2/3Professional Context
Used to describe neglect in work or official roles, often suggesting laziness or disregard for rules.
The manager's irresponsibility compromised the company's safety standards.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavioral Attribute
Describes a habitual pattern, not just a single instance; seen as part of one's character.
Her irresponsibility in spending money left her with significant debt.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
Irresponsibility usually suggests someone's failure to meet obligations or care for the well-being of others.
His irresponsibility in handling the team's project led to missed deadlines.
Pro Tip 2/3Professional Context
Used to describe neglect in work or official roles, often suggesting laziness or disregard for rules.
The manager's irresponsibility compromised the company's safety standards.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavioral Attribute
Describes a habitual pattern, not just a single instance; seen as part of one's character.
Her irresponsibility in spending money left her with significant debt.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
Irresponsibility usually suggests someone's failure to meet obligations or care for the well-being of others.
His irresponsibility in handling the team's project led to missed deadlines.
Pro Tip 2/3Professional Context
Used to describe neglect in work or official roles, often suggesting laziness or disregard for rules.
The manager's irresponsibility compromised the company's safety standards.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavioral Attribute
Describes a habitual pattern, not just a single instance; seen as part of one's character.
Her irresponsibility in spending money left her with significant debt.
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What adults can learn...
examples age has absolutely nothing to do with it the traits the word childish addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking
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The dark side of...
mean that's corporate irresponsibility and that is one of the major issues and challenges that the folks on the ground and volunteers face with every disaster and unfortunately it's disaster after disaster after disaster it is very very
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What adults can learn...
that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word, when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
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What adults can learn...
examples age has absolutely nothing to do with it the traits the word childish addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking
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The dark side of...
mean that's corporate irresponsibility and that is one of the major issues and challenges that the folks on the ground and volunteers face with every disaster and unfortunately it's disaster after disaster after disaster it is very very
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What adults can learn...
that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word, when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
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George T. Conway III
American Lawyer
Trump's behavior is conscienceless, showing utter disregard for the safety of others, consistent irresponsibility, callousness, cynicism and disrespect of other human beings. Contempt for truth and honesty, and for norms, rules and laws. A complete inability to feel remorse, or guilt.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
I suppose the only thing at 50 you can really start to look forward to is just total irresponsibility. As you get older, you can just sit in a chair, wear anything you want, you know you can walk down; old people dress cool. You know they wear sweatpants. The elderly have it down.
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James Spader
American Actor
I don't think anybody in the entertainment industry or in politics is surprised by the fact that those worlds are rife with promiscuity and irresponsibility - certainly a lack of accountability.
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Robert Casey
American Politician
The abortion license has not brought freedom and security to women. Rather, it has ushered in a new era of irresponsibility toward women and children, one that now begins before birth.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
After you finish a book, you know, you're dead. But no one knows you're dead. All they see is the irresponsibility that comes in after the terrible responsibility of writing.
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James S. Coleman
American Sociologist
If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
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James Joyce
Irish Novelist
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.
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Orhan Pamuk
Novelist
Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.
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Matthew Desmond
American Sociologist
Eviction is much more an inevitability than a result of irresponsibility.
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Masi Oka
Japanese Actor
Anonymity breeds irresponsibility.
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George T. Conway III
American Lawyer
Trump's behavior is conscienceless, showing utter disregard for the safety of others, consistent irresponsibility, callousness, cynicism and disrespect of other human beings. Contempt for truth and honesty, and for norms, rules and laws. A complete inability to feel remorse, or guilt.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
I suppose the only thing at 50 you can really start to look forward to is just total irresponsibility. As you get older, you can just sit in a chair, wear anything you want, you know you can walk down; old people dress cool. You know they wear sweatpants. The elderly have it down.
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James Spader
American Actor
I don't think anybody in the entertainment industry or in politics is surprised by the fact that those worlds are rife with promiscuity and irresponsibility - certainly a lack of accountability.
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Robert Casey
American Politician
The abortion license has not brought freedom and security to women. Rather, it has ushered in a new era of irresponsibility toward women and children, one that now begins before birth.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
After you finish a book, you know, you're dead. But no one knows you're dead. All they see is the irresponsibility that comes in after the terrible responsibility of writing.
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James S. Coleman
American Sociologist
If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
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James Joyce
Irish Novelist
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.
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Orhan Pamuk
Novelist
Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.
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Matthew Desmond
American Sociologist
Eviction is much more an inevitability than a result of irresponsibility.
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Masi Oka
Japanese Actor
Anonymity breeds irresponsibility.
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