Meanings
plural irresponsibilities
- countableuncountableThe character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.
1 more example
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.
1990 July 19, Ricardo Radulovich, “A view on tropical deforestation”, in Nature, volume 346, page 214
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic اِنْعِدام مَسْؤُولِيَّة
- اِنْعِدام مَسْؤُولِيَّة (inʕidām masʔūliyya)character or state of being irresponsible
Bulgarian безотговорност
- безотговорност (bezotgovornost)character or state of being irresponsible
Catalan irresponsabilitat
- irresponsabilitatcharacter or state of being irresponsible
Chinese Mandarin 不負責任 /不负责任, 無責任 /无责任
- 不負責任 /不负责任 (bù fùzérèn)character or state of being irresponsible
- 無責任 /无责任 (wúzérèn)character or state of being irresponsible
Czech neodpovědnost
- neodpovědnostcharacter or state of being irresponsible
Danish ansvarsløshed, uansvarlighed
- ansvarsløshedcharacter or state of being irresponsible
- uansvarlighedcharacter or state of being irresponsible
Finnish vastuuttomuus
- vastuuttomuuscharacter or state of being irresponsible
French irresponsabilité
- irresponsabilitécharacter or state of being irresponsible
German Verantwortungslosigkeit, Unverantwortlichkeit
- Verantwortungslosigkeitcharacter or state of being irresponsible
- Unverantwortlichkeitcharacter or state of being irresponsible
Greek ανευθυνότητα
- ανευθυνότητα (anefthynótita)character or state of being irresponsible
Hungarian felelőtlenség
- felelőtlenségcharacter or state of being irresponsible
Indonesian ketidakbertanggungjawaban
- ketidakbertanggungjawabancharacter or state of being irresponsible
Irish neamhfhreagracht
- neamhfhreagrachtcharacter or state of being irresponsible
Italian irresponsabilità
- irresponsabilitàcharacter or state of being irresponsible
Japanese 無責任
- 無責任 (musekinin)character or state of being irresponsible
Latvian bezatbildība
- bezatbildībacharacter or state of being irresponsible
Polish nieodpowiedzialność
- nieodpowiedzialnośćcharacter or state of being irresponsible
Portuguese irresponsabilidade
- irresponsabilidadecharacter or state of being irresponsible
Russian безотве́тственность
- безотве́тственность (bezotvétstvennostʹ)character or state of being irresponsible
Spanish irresponsabilidad
- irresponsabilidadcharacter or state of being irresponsible
Swedish ansvarslöshet, oansvarighet
- ansvarslöshetcharacter or state of being irresponsible
- oansvarighetcharacter or state of being irresponsible
Ukrainian безвідповіда́льність
- безвідповіда́льність (bezvidpovidálʹnistʹ)character or state of being irresponsible
Cite this entry
irresponsibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irresponsibility
“irresponsibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irresponsibility. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irresponsibility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irresponsibility.
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