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irresponsibly

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˌɪ.ɹɪˈspɒn.sə.bli/ / /ˌɪ.ɹɪˈspɑːn.sə.bli/

adv

Etymology: From irresponsible + -ly or ir- + responsibly.

  1. In an irresponsible manner; so as to be irresponsible.

    He had frequent fits of melancholy in which he declared that he was neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring. His was neither an irresponsibly contemplative nature nor a sturdily practical one, and he was for ever looking in vain for the uses of the things that please and the charm of the things that sustain.