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irresponsible

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

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unconstrained

English

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to un- +? constrained.

Adjective

unconstrained (not comparable)

  1. not constrained

Synonyms

  • sans gêne

Translations

References

  • James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Unconstrained”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 101, column 1.

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