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irresponsible adjective [ ɪrɪˈspɒnsɪb(ə)l ]

• (of a person, attitude, or action) not showing a proper sense of responsibility.
• "it would have been irresponsible just to drive on"
Similar: reckless, rash, careless, thoughtless, incautious, unwise, imprudent, ill-advised, ill-considered, injudicious, misguided, heedless, unheeding, inattentive, hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous, wild, foolhardy, impetuous, impulsive, daredevil, devil-may-care, hot-headed, negligent, delinquent, neglectful, remiss, careless of one's duty, lax, slack, uncaring, casual, insouciant, derelict, disregardful, inadvertent, oscitant, immature, naive, foolish, hare-brained, feather-brained, carefree, blasé, unreliable, undependable, untrustworthy, flighty, giddy, scatterbrained, erratic, tearaway, harum-scarum, slap-happy,
Opposite: responsible, sensible, serious,


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