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)
Belarusian: безадка́зны (bjezadkázny), безадпавяда́льны (bjezadpavjadálʹny)
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)
Ukrainian: безвідповіда́льний (uk) (bezvidpovidálʹnyj)

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

See also

unresponsive

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