adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
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I had no money and she was being highly irresponsible .
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This sect was and still is considered bizarre and highly irresponsible .
totally
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He's fun, but totally irresponsible .
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This action of Reg's was totally irresponsible on two counts.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Critics accused the governor of being irresponsible , and claimed that his new proposal would put thousands of US troops at risk.
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Police blame higher crime rates on irresponsible parents who allow their teenage children to stay out all night.
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When it comes to money, Dan is completely irresponsible .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By shifting blame to their consumers, these industries have deftly evaded financial accountability for unsafe products and irresponsible marketing.
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Careless, stupid and now irresponsible .
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He is irresponsible about his debts, alcoholic, accident-prone, and susceptible to disease.
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Richard always used to be seen as irresponsible in the first half and elegiac in the second.
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The implication was clear: to discuss Article 6 would be an irresponsible aberration.
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There is so much poverty, corruption, irresponsible decision-making around.