We found 3 definitions of irresponsibles from 2 different sources.
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irresponsible - showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action" | ||
responsible being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage" | ||
happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, slaphappy cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth" | ||
do-nothing characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility; "a do-nothing government" | ||
feckless generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account" | ||
idle, loose not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands" | ||
trigger-happy irresponsible in the use of firearms | ||
unaccountable not to be accounted for or explained; "perceptible only as unaccountable influences that hinder progress"; "an unexplainable fear" |