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
Simply put: deprioritizing these investments is irresponsible.
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Reshma Saujani, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025
President Trump's use of the term is very troubling and irresponsible.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 July 2025
This tax holiday on guns is irresponsible, coldly political and a slap in the face to the victims and their families.
—Tina Polsky, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
Opponents have called the facility inhumane and environmentally irresponsible.
—USA Today, 4 July 2025
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Reshma Saujani, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025
President Trump's use of the term is very troubling and irresponsible.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 July 2025
This tax holiday on guns is irresponsible, coldly political and a slap in the face to the victims and their families.
—Tina Polsky, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
Opponents have called the facility inhumane and environmentally irresponsible.
—USA Today, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irresponsible
reckless
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Aybar-Berroa also has a criminal history in New York City that includes arrests for second-degree reckless endangerment in May 2023 and fourth-degree felony grand larceny and petit larceny in March and April 2024, officials said.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
25 July 2025
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He is charged with two counts of first-degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime in the teens' shooting deaths.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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“Irresponsible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irresponsible. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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