irresponsible

  • 1irresponsible — [ir΄i spän′sə bəl] adj. not responsible; specif., a) not liable to be called to account for actions b) lacking a sense of responsibility; unreliable, shiftless, etc. c) said or done as by an irresponsible person n. an irresponsible person… …

    English World dictionary

  • 2irresponsible — I adjective arbitrary, capricious, changeable, disloyal, disobedient, dutiless, flighty, fluctuating, frivolous, inconstant, infirm of purpose, lawless, mutinous, perfidious, rash, rebellious, shiftless, thoughtless, treacherous, trustless,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 3Irresponsible — Ir re*spon si*ble, a. [Pref. ir not + responsible: cf. F. irresponsable.] 1. Not responsible; not liable or able to answer for consequences; innocent. [1913 Webster] 2. Not to be trusted; unreliable; lacking a proper sense of responsibility.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4irresponsible — (adj.) 1640s, not legally answerable for conduct or actions, from assimilated form of IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + RESPONSIBLE (Cf. responsible). Meaning not acting with a sense of responsibility is from 1680s. Related: Irresponsibly …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5irresponsible — is spelt ible, not able. See able, ible …

    Modern English usage

  • 6irresponsible — [adj] careless, reckless capricious, carefree, devil may care*, feckless, fickle, flighty, fly by night*, giddy, harebrained, ill considered, immature, immoral, incautious, lax, loose*, no account*, rash, scatterbrained*, shiftless, thoughtless,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 7irresponsible — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not showing a proper sense of responsibility. DERIVATIVES irresponsibility noun irresponsibly adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8irresponsible — ir|re|spon|si|ble [ˌırıˈspɔnsıbəl US ˈspa:n ] adj doing careless things without thinking or worrying about the possible bad results ≠ ↑responsible totally/highly/completely etc irresponsible ▪ When it comes to money, Dan is completely… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9irresponsible — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ consider sb/sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 10irresponsible — adj. irresponsible to + inf. (it was irresponsible of him to speak to reporters) * * * [ˌɪrɪ spɒnsəb(ə)l] irresponsible to + inf. (it was irresponsible of him to speak to reporters) …

    Combinatory dictionary