irresponsible
UK/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/US/ˌɪɹ.əˈspɑn.sə.bəl/
irresponsible adjective: not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable.
Adjective
irresponsible (comparative more irresponsible, superlative most irresponsible)
- Not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable.
- They left the crown what, in the eye and estimation of law, it had ever been, perfectly irresponsible.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 28
- Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.
Noun
irresponsible (plural irresponsibles)
- Someone who is not responsible.
irresponsible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
irresponsible in Hindi
- irresponsible
- दायित्वहीन dāyitvahīn
irresponsible in Tamil
- பொறுப்பற்ற, கடமையுணர்வில்லாத, பொறுப்புணர்ச்சியற்ற
irresponsible in Marathi
- lacking a sense of responsibility
- बेजबाबदार bej̈abābdār
irresponsible in Urdu
- بےپرواہ, غیرذمہ دار, لاابالی, نااہل
More languagesFewer languages
- irresponsible in Bengali
- দায়িত্বজ্ঞানহীন, অবিবেচক, কাণ্ডজ্ঞানহীন
- irresponsible in Malayalam
- ശ്രദ്ധയില്ലാത്ത, മുമ്പിൻനോട്ടമില്ലാത്ത, ഉത്തരവാദിത്വമില്ലാത്ത, കർത്തവ്യനിഷ്ഠയില്ലാത്ത
- irresponsible in Kannada
- ಬೇಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಯ, ಹೊಣೆಗೇಡಿತನದ, ಬಾಧ್ಯತೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಹೊಣೇಗೆಡಿ
- irresponsible in Punjabi
- ਗੈਰ ਜ਼ਿੰਮੇਵਾਰਾਨਾ, ਗੈਰ-ਜ਼ਿੰਮੇਵਾਰਾਨਾ, ਗ਼ੈਰ-ਜ਼ਿੰਮੇਵਾਰਾਨਾ
- irresponsible in Gujarati
- બેજવાબદાર, બેજવાબદારીભર્યું, બેજવાબદારીભર્યા
- irresponsible in Odia
- ଦାଯ଼ିତ୍ୱହୀନ, ଦାଯ଼ିତ୍ବହୀନ
- irresponsible in Nepali
- गैरजिम्मेवारपूर्ण, गैरजिम्मेवार
- irresponsible in Tagalog
- alibugha, kaalibughaan
- irresponsible in Vietnamese
- vô trách nhiệm
Examples of irresponsible in a sentence
- And likening them to mass murderers amounts to irresponsible, indefensible demonization.
- You call me irresponsible, Blacker, but I've got enough imagination to see 'the altogetherness of everything.'
- It is both irresponsible and disingenuous to talk about safe space as if translesbians make space unsafe.
Forms of irresponsible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more irresponsible |
| superlative | most irresponsible |
| Noun | |
| plural | irresponsibles |
Origin of irresponsible
From ir- + responsible.
Words formed from irresponsible
Questions about irresponsible
- What does irresponsible mean?
- Irresponsible means not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable.
- What is irresponsible in Hindi?
- Irresponsible in Hindi is दायित्वहीन (dāyitvahīn). See Irresponsible meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is irresponsible?
- Irresponsible can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce irresponsible?
- Irresponsible is pronounced /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/ (UK).
Words near irresponsible in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: irresponsible (page history and authors); दायित्वहीन (Hindi) (page history and authors); irresponsible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irresponsible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Irresponsible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irresponsible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irresponsible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irresponsible (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); irresponsible (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); irresponsible (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); irresponsible (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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