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Recent Examples of irresponsibility
This is sheer madness and fiscal irresponsibility with taxpayers’ money.
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
That's kind of a humiliating part of my story, this reckoning with my financial irresponsibility.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
That's kind of a humiliating part of my story, this reckoning with my financial irresponsibility.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irresponsibility
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The book format also gives him an important outlet to spread his gospel of how to spot scammers in advance and what to do when malfeasance is suspected.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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Seeking a similar get-out is Sarah Grant (Lily James), an employee at a biotech company who, like Hoffman, has found evidence of malfeasance at her workplace.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 Aug. 2025
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Human error, carelessness and everyday habits are now the leading causes of cyber incidents, identified by CISOs worldwide.—
Max Silber,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Recently, fans and the media have been focusing more on him due to his recurring mistakes, apparently caused by carelessness with and without the ball, as well as his spotty health record.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Further, communication failures can lead to malpractice claims for physicians and health systems, with one review of malpractice claims identifying communication failures in 49% of claims.—
Dr. Anne Marie Morse,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Family and friends believe the WWF/E legend was a victim of malpractice during a recent neck operation.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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The suit, filed in Marion Superior Court, accuses Meta of negligence and breach of contract.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Due to the pending lawsuit filed by Santa Fe Irrigation (SFID) against the city over its negligence in the dam’s upkeep, Raise Lake Hodges has also been unable to get any information from SFID or from the city.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Paxton’s history of misconduct is years in the making.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Paragon was linked to alleged misconduct in Europe after WhatsApp reported that Italian journalists and civil society members had been targeted with its technology.—
Vas Panagiotopoulos,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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Russia’s recklessness in the air along our eastern flank is increasing in frequency.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Patterson was previously convicted of intimidation in 2012, criminal recklessness in 2017 and escape in 2019, filings show.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Those figures are below the average 30-day delinquency rates on a credit card.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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However, credit card debt is at a record high, with the share of serious delinquencies — people carrying a balance for over 90 days — at the highest levels in over a decade, according to second-quarter data from the New York Federal Reserve.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Irresponsibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irresponsibility. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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