irresponsible
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
irresponsible
- (now, rare) Not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford 2009, p. 28:
- 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 2009, p. 28:
- Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.
- French: irresponsable
- German: nicht verantwortlich
- Portuguese: irresponsável
- Russian: не нести
- Spanish: irresponsable
- French: irresponsable
- German: verantwortungslos, unverantwortlich
- Portuguese: irresponsável
- Russian: безотве́тственный
- Spanish: irresponsable
irresponsible (plural irresponsibles)
- Someone who is not responsible.
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