irresponsible

Example Sentences

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“It would be very, very irresponsible for Western companies to continue to wait until we have a peaceful country,” Guy Robert Lukama, former chairman of Gécamines, Congo’s state-owned mining company, told the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Until the underlying biology of so-called cured patients is better understood, they say, it’s premature, and perhaps even irresponsible, to use the term.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

A woman responded, saying: "What an irresponsible comment. You're entitled to your opinion. Just be cautious where you air it."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“However, any implication that Administration officials are engaged in such activity without evidence is baseless and irresponsible reporting.”

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

It seemed a little irresponsible to leave him alone, babbling like that, so he took the cell phone Chip offered him.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix