irresponsible

Example Sentences

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The launches follow Seoul's expression of regret on Monday over civilian drone incursions into the North in January, with President Lee calling it "irresponsible" and noting that government officials had been involved in the operation.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“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

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

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

In 1994 he climbed it a third time, with Rob Hall; on that ascent he used botded oxygen because he was guiding the peak and thought it would be irresponsible to do so without it.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer