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not responsible

ADJECTIVE
exempt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
immune
STRONG
absolved clear cleared discharged excepted excluded excused favored free liberated privileged released spared unbound walked
WEAK
beat the rap let go let off not liable not subject off the hook outside set apart special unchecked unrestrained unrestricted unshackled void of
Antonyms
STRONG
hindered prevented
WEAK
accountable answerable liable nonexempt responsible

Example Sentences

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The clinic says its staff were not responsible and that they "think the issue happened during the sperm collection" which took place in another country.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

"We are reasonably responsible but the ones who are not responsible, the ones who are profiteering off it, are the airports," he told the daily.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Prosecutors dropped criminal charges against Baldwin, who has long maintained he was not responsible for Hutchins’ death.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Both broke at the same critical stress point, suggesting that elasticity is not responsible for the fracture behavior in simple liquids.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

He decided that he was not responsible for the lady’s actions, while he was responsible for his own.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White