EGAVE

irresponsible

About 2.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable.
  2. adjective Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.
  3. noun Someone who is not responsible.

Similar words

devil-may-care feckless do-nothing unaccountable unreliable happy-go-lucky freewheeling carefree idle scatterbrained

Often followed by

and to power behavior in for or as persons

Word family

irresponsibilities irresponsibility irresponsibleness irresponsiblenesses irresponsibles irresponsibly

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