Definition of irresponsibility in English:
irresponsibility
noun ɪrɪspɒnsɪˈbɪlɪtiˌɪ(r)rəˌspɑnsəˈbɪlədi
mass nounLack of a proper sense of responsibility.
they thought that having children was an act of irresponsibility
the economic ills are a consequence of greed and irresponsibility
Example sentencesExamples
- From time immemorial, war has gone along with fiscal irresponsibility.
- Fragonard and Watteau created frothy paeans to the pleasures of surface, frivolity, and irresponsibility.
- Poor women with children are discussed in punitive, paternalistic terms of single motherhood and personal irresponsibility.
- Everyone seems to have a story about environmental harm caused by business's irresponsibility.
- A rally has been organized in protest against the ad campaign, with parents accusing the studio of irresponsibility for marketing the film in high-crime areas.
- In good economic times, the country could endure this kind of irresponsibility with taxpayers' funds.
- Inefficient use of resources was a form of moral irresponsibility.
- For this generation, moving home is a sign of responsibility, not irresponsibility.
- To be fair, the irresponsibility of this government is perfectly in tune with the irresponsibility of governments everywhere.
- And thus does the major theme emerge: the seductive lure and dangerous irresponsibility of suppression.
Definition of irresponsibility in US English:
irresponsibility
nounˌɪ(r)rəˌspɑnsəˈbɪlədiˌi(r)rəˌspänsəˈbilədē
Lack of a proper sense of responsibility.
they thought that having children was an act of irresponsibility
the economic ills are a consequence of greed and irresponsibility
Example sentencesExamples
- For this generation, moving home is a sign of responsibility, not irresponsibility.
- To be fair, the irresponsibility of this government is perfectly in tune with the irresponsibility of governments everywhere.
- Everyone seems to have a story about environmental harm caused by business's irresponsibility.
- In good economic times, the country could endure this kind of irresponsibility with taxpayers' funds.
- From time immemorial, war has gone along with fiscal irresponsibility.
- Poor women with children are discussed in punitive, paternalistic terms of single motherhood and personal irresponsibility.
- And thus does the major theme emerge: the seductive lure and dangerous irresponsibility of suppression.
- Fragonard and Watteau created frothy paeans to the pleasures of surface, frivolity, and irresponsibility.
- Inefficient use of resources was a form of moral irresponsibility.
- A rally has been organized in protest against the ad campaign, with parents accusing the studio of irresponsibility for marketing the film in high-crime areas.