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Irresponsibility

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability. countable, uncountable

    "How important can the greenhouse effect, biodiversity or future worldwide timber shortages seem to a third-worlder, for example? It would be wrong to think of this third-worlder as irresponsible or as a squanderer of resources before serious steps are taken towards solving the well-known and much worse problem of resource squandering and environmental irresponsibility in the developed nations."

  2. 2
    a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions wordnet

Etymology

From ir- + responsibility or irresponsible + -ity.

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