irresponsabilidad

irresponsibility

noun ee-rreh-spon-sah-bee-lee-DAHD Rare

Usage Note

Irresponsabilidad is feminine: la irresponsabilidad. It names the quality or an instance of behaving without responsibility or accountability. The related adjective is irresponsable (invariable in gender), and the adverb is irresponsablemente. In legal and political discourse the noun often appears alongside negligencia (negligence) when describing dereliction of duty.

Examples

"Fue una acto de irresponsabilidad dejar el fuego encendido."

Natural Translation

It was an act of irresponsibility to leave the fire burning.

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