irresponsible

English

Etymology

ir- +‎ responsible

Pronunciation

/ɪrəˈspɑnsɪbəl/

Adjective

irresponsible (comparative more irresponsible, superlative most irresponsible)

Lacking a sense of responsibility; incapable of or not chargeable with responsibility; unable to respond to obligation; negligent.
Not responsible; not subject to responsibility; not to be held accountable, or called into question.

Translations

lacking a sense of responsibility

Armenian: անպատասխանատու (hy) (anpatasxanatu)
Catalan: irresponsable
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不負責的 (bù fù zérèn de), 不负责任的 (bù fù zérèn de)
Czech: nezodpovědný, neodpovědný
French: irresponsable (fr)
German: verantwortungslos (de), unverantwortlich
Greek: ανεύθυνος (el) m (anéfthynos)

Japanese: 無責任な (ja) (むせきにんな, musekinin na)
Maori: hurori
Polish: nieodpowiedzialny (pl) m, lekkomyślny (pl) m
Portuguese: irresponsável (pt)
Romanian: iresponsabil (ro) m, iresponsabilă f
Russian: безотве́тственный (ru) (bezotvétstvennyj)
Swedish: ansvarslös (sv), oansvarig (sv)
Turkish: mesuliyetsiz (tr), sorumsuz (tr)

not responsible; not subject to responsibility

Catalan: irresponsable
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不負責任的 (bù fù zérèn de), 不负责任的 (bù fù zérèn de)
Finnish: viaton (fi), syytön (fi), ei vastuussa
French: irresponsable (fr)
German: nicht verantwortlich (de)

Greek: ανεύθυνος (el) m (anéfthynos)
Irish: neamhfhreagrach
Portuguese: irresponsável (pt)
Russian: не несу́щий отве́тственности (ne nesúščij otvétstvennosti)
Swedish: oansvarig (sv)
Turkish: mesul (tr)/sorumlu (tr) olmayan (tr)

Noun

irresponsible (plural irresponsibles)

Someone who is not responsible.

References

irresponsible in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
irresponsible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

See also

unresponsive

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