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    IRRESPONSIBILITY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actionsplay

    Synonyms:

    irresponsibility; irresponsibleness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("irresponsibility" is a kind of...):

    untrustiness; untrustworthiness (the trait of not deserving trust or confidence)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "irresponsibility"):

    undependability; undependableness; unreliability; unreliableness (the trait of not being dependable or reliable)

    arbitrariness; capriciousness; flightiness; whimsey; whimsicality; whimsy (the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment)

    carefreeness (the trait of being without worry or responsibility)

    Antonym:

    responsibility (a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct)

    Derivation:

    irresponsible (showing lack of care for consequences)

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