Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
showing lack of care for consequences;
- Example: "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"- Example: "hasty and irresponsible action"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Irresponsible \Ir`re*spon"si*ble\, a. [Pref. ir- not +
responsible: cf. F. irresponsable.]
1. Not responsible; not liable or able to answer for
consequences; innocent.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not to be trusted; unreliable; lacking a proper sense of
responsibility.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
irresponsible
adj 1: showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an
irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action"
[ant: responsible]