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

But if it’s a play on U.S. fiscal irresponsibility, then a shorter war would also mean less spending.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 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

But these extravagant numbers were surely a form of self-aggrandizement, and reckless to the point of irresponsibility.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan