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a lack of concern about consequences- Young man, what you did was irresponsible and reckless.Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Among the Hidden
- Abraham Lincoln's irresponsible bodyguard John Parker never presented himself for duty or tried to help in any way on the night of the assassination.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
- And yes.... your dad was destructive .... irresponsible .... a child.Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
- It was said they were comparing texts and, irresponsibly, the texts were named.Frank Herbert -- Dune
- It was completely thoughtless and irresponsible and selfish.Sophie Kinsella -- Confessoins of a Shopaholic
- There is the issue of irresponsibility to be considered.Ted Dekker -- Black: The Birth of Evil
- He stormed around the office and shouted about the irresponsibility of the handicapper.Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit
- I think it would be irresponsible, as a physician, to take him.Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- Taft did not believe that this was inconsistent with the conservative doctrine; conservatism in his opinion was not irresponsibility.John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
- But then his upper lip curled back into a spiteful sneer, and Mariam knew then the futility, maybe even the irresponsibility, of not finishing this.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Am I not a madman, and therefore irresponsible?Anton Chekhov -- Uncle Vanya
- You expect me to ask, 'But what made them lazy and stupid and irresponsible?' and you expect me to answer, 'The system!John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
- This is an authority to him to pay you that money, to lay out at your irresponsible discretion for your friend.Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
- He had adored her, she told Elizabeth, and satisfied her every whim, but he had tended to irresponsibility.James Baldwin -- Go Tell It on the Mountain
- He ceased to work at his tooth and sat still, assimilating the possibilities of irresponsible authority.William Golding -- Lord of the Flies
- Irresponsibility leads to censure and to punishment.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
- "And it's irresponsible to even consider any of that."Nora Roberts -- Blood Brothers
- Irresponsible waste management, if you ask me.Rick Riordan -- The Lightning Thief
- I still think it's pretty irresponsible," Jacob suddenly said.Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
- Barney Northrup had called her parents "irresponsible" and had called her something worse, much worse.Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game