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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Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
No dog should be allowed to run free by irresponsible owners.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024
On the other hand, the neighborhoods around the school are some of the nicest in the city and terribly expensive to live in given the city’s irresponsible spending and its insatiable demand for unsustainable property-tax increases.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 15 June 2024
What Democrats are proposing is irresponsible and disingenuous.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2024
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Adjective
Concerns about docks and shorelines are overblown, proponents say, the result of only a few irresponsible boat owners.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
No dog should be allowed to run free by irresponsible owners.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024
On the other hand, the neighborhoods around the school are some of the nicest in the city and terribly expensive to live in given the city’s irresponsible spending and its insatiable demand for unsustainable property-tax increases.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 15 June 2024
What Democrats are proposing is irresponsible and disingenuous.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2024
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“Irresponsible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irresponsible. Accessed 7 Jul. 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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