different between irresponsible vs irresponsibly

English

Etymology

From ir- +? responsible.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??r??sp?ns?bl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?r??sp?ns?b?l/

Adjective

irresponsible (comparative more irresponsible, superlative most irresponsible)

1. (now rare) Not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable.
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford 2009, p. 28:

     They left the crown what, in the eye and estimation of law, it had ever been, perfectly irresponsible.

2. Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.

Translations

Noun

irresponsible (plural irresponsibles)

1. Someone who is not responsible.

References

• irresponsible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• irresponsible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

See also

• unresponsive

English

Etymology

irresponsible +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.??.?sp?n.s?.bli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??.??.?sp??n.s?.bli/

Adverb

irresponsibly (comparative more irresponsibly, superlative most irresponsibly)

1. In an irresponsible manner; so as to be irresponsible.

Antonyms

• responsibly

Translations

References

• irresponsibly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• irresponsibly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.