How to Use irresponsible in a Sentence

irresponsible

adjective
  • He's too irresponsible to keep a job for more than a week.
  • It would be irresponsible to ignore the threats.
  • She made irresponsible comments that helped cause the riot.
  • That tiny voice in you that, from time to time, urges you to be a little irresponsible?
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2023
  • He, a boy, and me, his cool but slightly irresponsible guardian.
    — Dan Musgrave, Longreads, 9 May 2023
  • Yes, this even applies to that irresponsible snowboard bro who just cut you off.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 6 Dec. 2025
  • One can only wonder what else this friend is irresponsible about.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Waiting can feel irresponsible, even when waiting is the safest move.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Grace’s life starts to crack up and fall apart, and that is, of course, part of the adventure of being young and irresponsible.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The world is a different place now and Trump should not be making these irresponsible threats.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • To pretend that's not happening is irresponsible in its own way.
    — Owen Myers, EW.com, 30 June 2022
  • None of this is to suggest the producers of these shows were irresponsible in their spending or went way over budget.
    — Vulture, 1 Feb. 2024
  • And so fished with Dave Puffer and, um, and my folks were not completely irresponsible.
    — Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Dennis is an irresponsible pet owner and too lazy to take his dog for obedience training.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Sports talk show hosts and social media talking heads opined that to race would be dangerous and irresponsible.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 6 May 2026
  • Waiving Bradley without seeing how healthy those two bigs are would be irresponsible.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Not everyone with a low credit score got it from being irresponsible, but plenty of people with one did.
    — The Editors, National Review, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Clubs should be encouraged to be as irresponsible as possible in order to cling on to its coattails.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • This will result in some people doing irresponsible things by being high and driving.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
  • How that could possibly happen, how one -- anyone could be that irresponsible.
    — CBS News, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Why should law-abiding citizens have to pay for the irresponsible actions of others?
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
  • And frankly, that is a lazy, uninspired, and irresponsible decision.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Yellen said using the Fed’s key overnight borrowing rate to manage the debt is irresponsible.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
  • That brings us to what may be the most preposterous and irresponsible claim aired by Ladapo during the roundtable.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Heading into the midterm elections next year, two of the nation’s largest states are toying with some of these irresponsible policies.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
  • As if these were valid arguments in defense of the irresponsible ravings of left-wing politicians and activists.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But their season has been ravaged by injuries enough that not buying insurance, at this point, could be irresponsible.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Raising taxes to make the people pay for irresponsible spending is not the way to build trust with the community.
    — Sofi Zeman august 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Kids who are on their phones all day and all night are irresponsible, not merely victims of an assorted array of algorithms.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2026
  • Smith described how users on Instagram would label them irresponsible for not teaching their son to swim.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025

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