IRRESPONSIBLE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

irresponsible

adjective

ˌir-i-ˈspän(t)-sə-bəl

as in reckless

having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions it was irresponsible to go off and leave your baby unattended in an automobile

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Recent Examples of irresponsible Budgets aren’t breaking because people are irresponsible—they’re breaking because static plans don’t survive dynamic lives. —

Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026 But their season has been ravaged by injuries enough that not buying insurance, at this point, could be irresponsible. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026 This is irresponsible legislation designed to garner publicity, attention and votes, not improve schools. —

Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2026 For many adults, play may seem frivolous or even irresponsible, but research tells a different story. —

Katharine Gammon, Time, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for irresponsible

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reckless

Adjective

That came four plays before Maye threw another reckless pass into a crowd of Seahawks that fell incomplete.

— Doug Kyed, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
Nationalists cheered Takaichi for her intervention on the issue, which went much further than sitting Japanese leaders have gone previously, while others criticized it as reckless.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026