irresponsibility
Example Sentences
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The remainder of Joyce’s life, after departing Dublin, is a tale of domestic struggle, personal irresponsibility and heroic achievement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
A spendthrift trust is irrevocable and designed to protect a beneficiary’s inheritance from creditors, civil lawsuits resulting from an alleged $100,000 bank fraud and/or, as importantly, their own financial irresponsibility.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
And he slammed cadres who for "too long been accustomed to defeatism, irresponsibility and passiveness".
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Often, the man’s callous irresponsibility would trigger a response that would snowball into something “unhinged,” intentionally augmented for dramatic effect.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025
Sorry for your loss, as though her leaving their family was his fault, the consequence of his irresponsibility.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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