IRRESPONSIBLE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

irresponsible

adjective

ˌir-i-ˈspän(t)-sə-bəl

as in reckless

having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions it was irresponsible to go off and leave your baby unattended in an automobile

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Recent Examples of irresponsible To do otherwise would be highly irresponsible, and open up avenues for extraordinary risks. —

Andrew Sever, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Kids who are on their phones all day and all night are irresponsible, not merely victims of an assorted array of algorithms. —

Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2026 In another gun rights case, the justices may loosen a federal law aimed at keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous or irresponsible people. —

Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 May 2026 Why should law-abiding citizens have to pay for the irresponsible actions of others? —

Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for irresponsible

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reckless

Adjective

He was convicted on June 5 of first-degree murder, manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment, theft of a motor vehicle and other counts, according to a statement from the Delaware Department of Justice.

— Laura Fay, CBS News, 8 June 2026
But an adventure conjoined with a lover, whether breaking studio rules with Tony Curtis or tracking down John Dillinger in the person of Lawrence Tierney, never failed to activate a reckless tingle in me.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026