"irresponsible" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsəbl/ [UK], /ɪrəˈspɑnsɪbəl/ [US], /ˌɪr.ɪˈspɔn.sə.bəl/ [Australia] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Jjamesryan-irresponsible.wav [Australia] Forms: irresponsible [positive], more irresponsible [comparative], most irresponsible [superlative]
Etymology: ir- + responsible Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|ir|responsible}} ir- + responsible Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When someone is irresponsible, he/she is not responsible and does not care about anything that goes wrong.
    Sense id: simple-irresponsible-en-adj-Zrkzj9SH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with ir-
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