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irresponsible

[ir-i-spon-suh-buhl] / ˌɪr ɪˈspɒn sə bəl /


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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he admired Coxon’s courage but questioned his claims about the future and condemned predictions of armageddon as irresponsible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

It’s just irresponsible to surrender to the idea of the world blowing up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“The irresponsible reports that have been published stating that Maria Bartiromo was fired or is no longer an employee of Fox are absolutely and unequivocally false,” Bartiromo’s lawyer said today.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

"To suggest this is not an emergency and not something that urgently needs to be tackled is frankly irresponsible."

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Lyra could see what he was thinking: he was going to say that this had gone too far, they must turn back, they were taking this foolishness to irresponsible lengths.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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