irresponsible B2 Topic:Law & Government US /ˌɪɹ.əˈspɑn.sə.bəl/ UK /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/ See IPA manual Freq #7582 Meanings 1 adj Not thinking about or caring about the results of your actions It was irresponsible to leave the children alone in the house. 2 adj Behaving without care or a sense of duty He was too irresponsible to be trusted with the keys. Thesaurus Word family Forms irresponsibly Derived forms irresponsibilismirresponsibilistirresponsibilityirresponsiblenessirresponsibly Common collocations irresponsible action Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From ir- + responsible. Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # irresponsible **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌɪɹ.əˈspɑn.sə.bəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/ **Frequency rank:** 7582 ## Meanings 1. Not thinking about or caring about the results of your actions 2. Behaving without care or a sense of duty ## Examples - It was irresponsible to leave the children alone in the house. - He was too irresponsible to be trusted with the keys. ## Derived Forms - irresponsibilism - irresponsibilist - irresponsibility - irresponsibleness - irresponsibly ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: ir- - not ## Etymology From ir- + responsible. ## AI Etymology Irresponsible comes from ir- + responsible. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - Law & Government markdown