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Definition of Irresponsibleness
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irresponsibleness
Literary usage of Irresponsibleness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Race Orthodoxy in the South: And Other Aspects of the Negro Question by Thomas Pearce Bailey (1914)
"Irresponsibleness.—Went up-town to give my trouble away. Got a baby; don't care
whar she goes. General character attitude, temperament. Bumptiousness. ..."
2. William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879: The Story of His Life Told by His Children by Wendell Phillips Garrison, Francis Jackson Garrison (1885)
"... from rusticating in the country, and I already begin to sigh for the quietude
and (selfish ease will out) irresponsibleness of Friendship's Valley. ..."
3. Race Orthodoxy in the South: And Other Aspects of the Negro Question by Thomas Pearce Bailey (1914)
"Irresponsibleness.—Went up-town to give my trouble away. Got a baby; don't care
whar she goes. General character attitude, temperament. Bumptiousness. ..."
4. William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879: The Story of His Life Told by His Children by Wendell Phillips Garrison, Francis Jackson Garrison (1885)
"... from rusticating in the country, and I already begin to sigh for the quietude
and (selfish ease will out) irresponsibleness of Friendship's Valley. ..."
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