Irresponsibly
adverb
In a way that shows you are not thinking or caring enough about the possible results of your actions.
She was accused of acting irresponsibly by leaving her children home alone.
Often appears as...
- act irresponsibly
- behave irresponsibly
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Disapproving
adverb
In a way that shows you are not thinking or caring enough about the possible results of your actions.
She was accused of acting irresponsibly by leaving her children home alone.
Often appears as...
- act irresponsibly
- behave irresponsibly
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Consequence Ignorance
Refers to behaviors without considering the negative outcomes that could follow.
He spent money irresponsibly, not thinking about the debt he'd accumulate.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Undertone
The word carries a negative feeling, suggesting disapproval of the action.
Despite warnings, they partied irresponsibly during the health crisis.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perceptions
What's ‘irresponsibly’ in one culture may vary in another; it's often subjective.
In her culture, going out late was seen as acting irresponsibly.
Compare with
carelessdiscreetfoolishinjudiciousnegligentrecklessthoughtlessunwisely
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Jamie Heywood: The big...
you want to be on the blue line. You don't want to be on the red line, you want to be on the blue line. Because the blue line is a better line. The red line is way downhill, the blue line is a good line. So, you know we said -- we looked at this, and what I love also is that people always accuse these Internet sites of promoting bad medicine and having people do things irresponsibly.
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The ethical dilemma of...
and another one without a helmet to your right. Which one should your robot car crash into? If you say the biker with the helmet because she's more likely to survive, then aren't you penalizing the responsible motorist? If, instead, you save the biker without the helmet because he's acting irresponsibly,
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Jamie Heywood: The big...
you want to be on the blue line. You don't want to be on the red line, you want to be on the blue line. Because the blue line is a better line. The red line is way downhill, the blue line is a good line. So, you know we said -- we looked at this, and what I love also is that people always accuse these Internet sites of promoting bad medicine and having people do things irresponsibly.
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The ethical dilemma of...
and another one without a helmet to your right. Which one should your robot car crash into? If you say the biker with the helmet because she's more likely to survive, then aren't you penalizing the responsible motorist? If, instead, you save the biker without the helmet because he's acting irresponsibly,
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Jack Keane
American General
Senator Clinton is very knowledgeable about national security and is probably going to be strong on defense. I have no doubts whatsoever that if she were president in January '09, she would not act irresponsibly and issue orders to conduct an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, regardless of the consequences, and squander the gains that have been made.
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Viggo Mortensen
American Actor
Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.
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Andy Jassy
American Businessman
I think at the end of the day with any technology, whether you're talking about facial recognition technology or anything else, the people that use the technology have to be responsible for it, and if they use it irresponsibly, they have to be held accountable.
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John F. Kerry
American Politician
When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy.
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William M. Daley
American Politician
The Republican establishment's 2008 embrace of Palin set an irresponsibly low bar. Coincidence or not, a batch of nonsense-spewing, hard-right candidates quickly followed, often to disastrous effect.
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Amy McGrath
American Politician
When President Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Accords, he acted irresponsibly given the trajectory of the global climate and severely lessened our power internationally.
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Pat Robertson
American Clergyman
I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature.
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Evo Morales
Bolivian Statesman
I want to stress that at no time Bolivia acts untimely or irresponsibly.
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Roxane Gay
American Writer
No one is helped when cultural critics use their voices irresponsibly.
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Jack Keane
American General
Senator Clinton is very knowledgeable about national security and is probably going to be strong on defense. I have no doubts whatsoever that if she were president in January '09, she would not act irresponsibly and issue orders to conduct an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, regardless of the consequences, and squander the gains that have been made.
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Viggo Mortensen
American Actor
Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.
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Andy Jassy
American Businessman
I think at the end of the day with any technology, whether you're talking about facial recognition technology or anything else, the people that use the technology have to be responsible for it, and if they use it irresponsibly, they have to be held accountable.
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John F. Kerry
American Politician
When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy.
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William M. Daley
American Politician
The Republican establishment's 2008 embrace of Palin set an irresponsibly low bar. Coincidence or not, a batch of nonsense-spewing, hard-right candidates quickly followed, often to disastrous effect.
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Amy McGrath
American Politician
When President Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Accords, he acted irresponsibly given the trajectory of the global climate and severely lessened our power internationally.
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Pat Robertson
American Clergyman
I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature.
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Evo Morales
Bolivian Statesman
I want to stress that at no time Bolivia acts untimely or irresponsibly.
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Roxane Gay
American Writer
No one is helped when cultural critics use their voices irresponsibly.
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