different between irresponsible vs yielding

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ji?ld??/
• Rhymes: -i?ld??

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?eldinge, ?eldynge, ?eldinde, ?eldand, from Old English ?yldende, ?ieldende, present participle of ?ieldan (“to yield, pay”), equivalent to yield +? -ing.

Verb

yielding

1. present participle of yield

Adjective

yielding (comparative more yielding, superlative most yielding)

1. Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

Derived terms

• yieldingly
• yieldingness

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English yelding, yeldinge, ?eldynge, equivalent to yield +? -ing.

Noun

yielding (plural yieldings)

1. A concession.

Derived terms

• overyielding

Translations