Irresponsibility

Quick meaning: Irresponsibility is a noun meaning The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.

Meaning

The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.

Example Sentences

How important can the greenhouse effect, biodiversity or future worldwide timber shortages seem to a third-worlder, for example? It would be wrong to think of this third-worlder as irresponsible or as a squanderer of resources before serious steps are taken towards solving the well-known and much worse problem of resource squandering and environmental irresponsibility in the developed nations.

Word Forms

• irresponsibilities

Synonyms for irresponsibility

Depending on context, synonyms include irresponsibleness.

Antonyms for irresponsibility

Common opposites include responsibility, responsibleness, irresponsibleness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include recklessness, negligence, unaccountability, unaccountable, responsibility, unresponsibility.

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