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Definition of Irresponsible
1. Adjective. Showing lack of care for consequences. "Hasty and irresponsible action"
Similar to: Carefree, Devil-may-care, Freewheeling, Happy-go-lucky, Harum-scarum, Slaphappy, Do-nothing, Feckless, Idle, Loose, Trigger-happy, Unaccountable, Unreliable
Derivative terms: Irresponsibility, Irresponsibleness
Antonyms: Responsible
Definition of Irresponsible
1. a. Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer for consequences; innocent.
Definition of Irresponsible
1. Adjective. Lacking a sense of responsibility; incapable of or not chargeable with responsibility; unable to respond to obligation. ¹
2. Adjective. Not responsible; not subject to responsibility; not to be held accountable, or called into question. ¹
3. Noun. Someone who is not responsible. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irresponsible
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irresponsible
Literary usage of Irresponsible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of the Law of Torts by Heman Gerald Chapin (1917)
"Liability will continue where there intervenes the act of an irresponsible person,
or the injury is directly caused by an unconscious instrument set in ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1895)
"The Reporter records the speeches delivered in the House of Commons; the Lobbyist
gathers the political gossip and chatter of irresponsible Members, ..."
3. The Cost of Our National Government: A Study in Political Pathology by Henry Jones Ford (1910)
"Instructions from such irresponsible gatherings as nominating conventions are
not entitled to binding force. But with the decay of the convention system, ..."
4. Travels in North America in the Years 1841-2: With Geological Observations by Charles Lyell (1845)
"irresponsible Executive.—Loan refused by European Capitalists in 1842.—Good Faith
of Congress during the War of 1812-14.—Effects of Universal Suffrage. ..."
5. American Police Systems by Raymond Blaine Fosdick (1920)
"Commission government and irresponsible administration.— The effect of commission
government on the police force.— City manager plan. ..."
6. The Works of John C. Calhoun by John Caldwell Calhoun, Richard Kenner Crallé (1851)
"... irresponsible individual or body, whose will is regarded as the sense of the
community. And, hence, the great and broad distinction between governments ..."
7. Handbook of the Law of Torts by Heman Gerald Chapin (1917)
"Liability will continue where there intervenes the act of an irresponsible person,
or the injury is directly caused by an unconscious instrument set in ..."
8. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1895)
"The Reporter records the speeches delivered in the House of Commons; the Lobbyist
gathers the political gossip and chatter of irresponsible Members, ..."
9. The Cost of Our National Government: A Study in Political Pathology by Henry Jones Ford (1910)
"Instructions from such irresponsible gatherings as nominating conventions are
not entitled to binding force. But with the decay of the convention system, ..."
10. Travels in North America in the Years 1841-2: With Geological Observations by Charles Lyell (1845)
"irresponsible Executive.—Loan refused by European Capitalists in 1842.—Good Faith
of Congress during the War of 1812-14.—Effects of Universal Suffrage. ..."
11. American Police Systems by Raymond Blaine Fosdick (1920)
"Commission government and irresponsible administration.— The effect of commission
government on the police force.— City manager plan. ..."
12. The Works of John C. Calhoun by John Caldwell Calhoun, Richard Kenner Crallé (1851)
"... irresponsible individual or body, whose will is regarded as the sense of the
community. And, hence, the great and broad distinction between governments ..."
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