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unresponsible

unresponsible adjective: irresponsible.

Adjective

unresponsible (comparative more unresponsible, superlative most unresponsible)

  1. (nonstandard) irresponsible
    • unresponsible memory can make us no satisfactiona. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Forms of unresponsible

comparativemore unresponsible
superlativemost unresponsible

Origin of unresponsible

From un- + responsible.

Words formed from unresponsible

Questions about unresponsible

What does unresponsible mean?
Unresponsible means irresponsible.
What part of speech is unresponsible?
Unresponsible is an adjective.

Words near unresponsible in the dictionary

  1. unresplendent
  2. unresponded
  3. unresponding
  4. unrespondingness
  5. unresponsibility
  6. unresponsible
  7. unresponsibleness
  8. unresponsibly
  9. unresponsive
  10. unresponsively
  11. unresponsiveness

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