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Definition of Irresponsibility
1. Noun. A form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions.
Generic synonyms: Untrustiness, Untrustworthiness
Specialized synonyms: Undependability, Undependableness, Unreliability, Unreliableness, Arbitrariness, Capriciousness, Flightiness, Whimsey, Whimsicality, Whimsy, Carefreeness
Derivative terms: Irresponsible, Irresponsible
Antonyms: Responsibility, Responsibleness
Definition of Irresponsibility
1. n. Want of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability.
Definition of Irresponsibility
1. Noun. The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Irresponsibility
1. The state of not acting in a manner that is responsible, for conscious or unconscious reasons. Criminal irresponsibility, the state, usually attributed to mental defect or disease, that renders a person not responsbile for his criminal conduct. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irresponsibility
Literary usage of Irresponsibility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1891)
"head, in the supreme governmental system of the state, personal irresponsibility
during the term for which he shall have been chosen, unless physical or ..."
2. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"head, in the supreme governmental system of the state, personal irresponsibility
during the term for which he shall have been chosen, unless physical or ..."
3. A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston During Two Centuries by Josiah Quincy (1852)
"THE Report here referred to, embodied all the facts relative to the irresponsibility
of the Board of Overseers of the Poor for the great sums they annually ..."
4. The Science of Penology: The Defense of Society Against Crime by Henry Martyn Boies (1901)
"Effect of the Discoveries of Medical Science on Criminal Culpability— Varieties
of Insanity—Plea of Insanity in Criminal Trials—Irresponsibility of the ..."
5. Slavery and the Remedy: Or, Principles and Suggestions for a Remedial Code by Samuel Nott (1857)
"Irresponsibility OF THE UNITED STATES. RESPONSIBILITY there is, no doubt, as upon
every citizen, so upon the United States, to do what in us lies for the ..."
6. Slavery and the Remedy: Or, Principles and Suggestions for a Remedial Code by Samuel Nott (1857)
"... Irresponsibility OF THE UNITED STATES. RESPONSIBILITY there is, no doubt, as
upon every citizen, so upon the United States, to do what in us lies for ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"... the court will not require it, unless it is shown that there is danger of
loss, either because of the Irresponsibility of the life tenant, ..."
8. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1891)
"head, in the supreme governmental system of the state, personal irresponsibility
during the term for which he shall have been chosen, unless physical or ..."
9. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"head, in the supreme governmental system of the state, personal irresponsibility
during the term for which he shall have been chosen, unless physical or ..."
10. A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston During Two Centuries by Josiah Quincy (1852)
"THE Report here referred to, embodied all the facts relative to the irresponsibility
of the Board of Overseers of the Poor for the great sums they annually ..."
11. The Science of Penology: The Defense of Society Against Crime by Henry Martyn Boies (1901)
"Effect of the Discoveries of Medical Science on Criminal Culpability— Varieties
of Insanity—Plea of Insanity in Criminal Trials—Irresponsibility of the ..."
12. Slavery and the Remedy: Or, Principles and Suggestions for a Remedial Code by Samuel Nott (1857)
"Irresponsibility OF THE UNITED STATES. RESPONSIBILITY there is, no doubt, as upon
every citizen, so upon the United States, to do what in us lies for the ..."
13. Slavery and the Remedy: Or, Principles and Suggestions for a Remedial Code by Samuel Nott (1857)
"... Irresponsibility OF THE UNITED STATES. RESPONSIBILITY there is, no doubt, as
upon every citizen, so upon the United States, to do what in us lies for ..."
14. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"... the court will not require it, unless it is shown that there is danger of
loss, either because of the Irresponsibility of the life tenant, ..."
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