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  • There is a great deal of irresponsible leading going on and a downturn in the economy will expose it hurting all concerned.
  • His domestic policy is unjust, inhumane, fiscally irresponsible, and amazingly uninformed.
  • To any bladdery bloggers attending my talk this afternoon, I issue this solemn pledge -- I promise to let fly with at least one or two irresponsible comments that you will be able to jot down and get a butt-boil about later. Whiz Kid: James Wolcott
  • It turned out that the pork op-ed was something of a prelude to another, larger attack on the local/sustainable food movement: his recently published book, Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, in which he warns the reader of legions of rabid locavores who would build up irresponsible local food systems and disserve global ecology through their uber-local diets. Leslie Hatfield: Miles from Nowhere: Why Does James McWilliams Hate Local Food?
  • Yet young children, teenagers and irresponsible adults are carrying in hand and pocket highly explosive materials.
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  • Needless to say this evidence was used to refute the view that the gospel narratives are irresponsible fabrications.
  • I think they are evading their responsibility in a grossly irresponsible way.
  • Given this bleak fiscal climate, these unfunded and underfunded mandates are irresponsible.
  • The counsel will have a lot to say about your foolhardy irresponsible actions.
  • To suggest otherwise is irresponsible scaremongering. Times, Sunday Times
  • Likewise, it should be emphasized here that any attempt to compose a historical picture of the Patriarch and his work cannot be considered correct or proven, at least academically speaking, if it is based on the '' censorious '' texts of the time, which in many ways are irresponsible and historically dubious, and which essentially are nothing but libel. Orrologion
  • For a reigning monarch, that might be considered irresponsible. BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty
  • Telling them they have been lied to and mistreated is to ask them to frag their leaders; you are traitors to them and their leaders for engaging in this irresponsible speech.
  • It would be irresponsible for me to downplay the magnitude of this crisis or assure you that everything is under control.
  • Firstly I would using say that the term treason is highly inappropiate and irresponsible. A Statement That Misrepresents Things
  • So we figured out he had a wheat allergy, not enough to be called a celiac, but enough so that the irresponsible doctor and/or his sanctimonious nurse who recommended wheat fiber pills ought to be taken out and whipped! Fisking Repovich and Peterson | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
  • If the police were chasing the grey car, it was highly irresponsible, what with it being rush hour.
  • Apple's iPod has largely been responsible for the problems now faced by Sirius and XM -- problems which have been acerbated by the irresponsible over-spending on programming by Sirius's CEO Karmazin, who should not be bailed out by the FCC by allowing the merger. Charles Warner: My Hyperbole Was Wrong
  • I only hope that no one was injured because of the brief and regretted irresponsible neglect of my Civic Duty in reporting that which I believe to be criminal.
  • The pretext to begin circulating Perry's name for a presidential run will be easily established, and the Tea Partiers that he energized with his irresponsible talk of secession will slowly turn pragmatic and confront the question of who can win in 2012. James Moore: Yo, America. It's Texas. We Got Another One for Ya!
  • Robert Balfour, the convenor of the Scottish Landowners Federation, said it would be irresponsible to walk through a growing food crop.
  • Clarkson & Co'sdogged shilling for a thoroughly modern ie gleefully irresponsible, stonewashed brand of middle age. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis … the television shows that won't die
  • The burly left-hander and former England one-day player has just been given the captaincy so to slog the left arm spin of Gary Keedy to long-on was nothing less than irresponsible.
  • Picture it to yourself -- a hard-bitten, joy-loving sea-cuny, irresponsible, unaware ever of past or future, wining and dining with kings, the accepted lover of a princess, and with brains like Hamel's and Yunsan's to do all planning and executing for me. Chapter 15
  • The irresponsible behaviour of the few can no longer be allowed to tarnish the reputation and the contribution of the many. Times, Sunday Times
  • We are against the irresponsible attitude of standing aloof from things on the ground that they're no concern of ours.
  • Apollo 8 was a grand success based on a very gutsy call, but one person's gutsy is another person's irresponsible. Schedule Pressure and Shuttle Safety - NASA Watch
  • We are getting tough with those few irresponsible retailers. Times, Sunday Times
  • She will pledge to tackle the irresponsible behaviour of big business. Times, Sunday Times
  • The hands of some called for kingship and irresponsible and numerated power; other hands called for ambition, for wealth in untold sums, for disgrace and shame, or for women and wine. Chapter X
  • Stop irresponsible advertising and instead provide clear and transparent information. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was also criticised as irresponsible for endorsing a slimming product. The Sun
  • Both States had huge, irresponsible tax cuts which they paid for in part by bonding and borrowing.
  • Born to a wealthy cloth merchant, Francis lived a lavish and irresponsible life.
  • Teaching American history without stirring accounts of non-white heroes and cultures is irresponsible as well as divisive.
  • The intention of the opposition parties to boycott the poll is irresponsible in the extreme.
  • Who are these irresponsible people who should be denied social housing, knighthoods and bonuses? Times, Sunday Times
  • ‘In fact, there are so many refutable claims and irresponsible accusations contained in this 175-page report that it would take another 175 pages to correct the errors,’ Mr. Boyle said.
  • jpb and stuggy, y'think the OC is so pissed off because the "irresponsible journalism" of RTMS interrupted his orgasm...on the Playboy Channel? Contradictions: Contemplating the Mysteries of Cycling
  • A serious crisis of credit began with irresponsible lending from banks that then had to demand balance sheet reparations from the taxpayer. Times, Sunday Times
  • On the form of one applicant, some classroom enemy or irresponsible jokester had crossed out "lawyer" or "teacher" or whatever safe bet the kid had written down, and inserted instead - clearly in another hand - the word "gigolo". BBC News - Home
  • But is this sufficient to bring irresponsible owners to account? Times, Sunday Times
  • How does Mr Chre tien reconcile his role as accomplice to President Bush's short-sighted and irresponsible energy agenda?
  • It was highly irresponsible of him to leave the children on their own in the pool.
  • Any member that is irresponsible dissolves the team trust because undependable people force others to interfere, complain and become uncooperative.
  • After what The Economist called a "ludicrously irresponsible bout of fiscal brinksmanship," the markets continued to churn, and the angry young facing unemployment as high as 45.7 percent left the beach for the barricades in London and other cities in the UK. Roger Fransecky: Help Wanted!
  • It was highly irresponsible and could have gone very badly wrong. The Sun
  • This " moral nihilism "has proved both irresponsible and politically counter-productive. The Politics of Redress - crime, punishment and penal abolition
  • Firefighters called to the incidents yesterday said the irresponsible actions of firebugs caused a huge grassland blaze close to a supermarket and almost caused a serious factory fire on an industrial estate.
  • Jill had half a mind to tell him this was irresponsible; however, she decided that it would be better if he saved what strength he has.
  • Awww ... can't handle it now that MSNBC is outfoxing Fox? the network had used "deceitful editing to further a media-manufactured story line is utterly misleading and irresponsible. White House step up criticism of NBC
  • But is this sufficient to bring irresponsible owners to account? Times, Sunday Times
  • Malice and heartburning were out of the question with a lissom, winsome, witching fairy like this, who played with her life as a child does with soap-bubbles, and who was as elusory and irresponsible as a summer-day rainbow. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places
  • The report also raised a broader point about the role played by special advisers and said that the behaviour of one "spad" working in the then Department of Trade and Industry, Jim Godfrey, had been "irresponsible". The Guardian World News
  • Ministers have already unveiled plans to put risk warnings on ads under a crackdown on irresponsible behaviour. The Sun
  • We disregarded these gathering clouds – and pretended that a period we retrospectively dub opulent and irresponsible was normal – when we might at least have been enjoying their silver linings. Whelk ice cream never meant we stopped being a Pot Noodle nation
  • Don't these irresponsible owners realise they are killing their pets? The Sun
  • While Eric Cantona is showing off his extra large ball (in deodorant form), I think @waswasere has a point: "It is deeply irresponsible of Channel 4 to show" The Quiet Man "before the watershed. Watch John Wayne in The Quiet Man: live!
  • Children were also to be made safer - safer from their irresponsible parents who allowed them to stay out late at night.
  • We are told that irresponsible women get pregnant solely to reinforce their gender identity.
  • Gauteng safety and security MEC Jessie Duarte called the stayaway "irresponsible and outrageous," and accused Douglas of not controlling his supporters. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • He tells reporter Peter Clottey that by citing security concerns, the ruling NPP was acting irresponsible.
  • Many Republicans have opposed the plan, which they call a handout for irresponsible homeowners and unscrupulous lenders. Home Help
  • Of course they can be dangerous if used by criminals or the criminally irresponsible.
  • The bill would inadvertently encourage irresponsible experimentation. Times, Sunday Times
  • The prime minister's belligerence is dangerously irresponsible.
  • These books have been dispersed in a highly irresponsible manner. The Times Literary Supplement
  • He regretted that if such irresponsible, poisonous and aggressive speeches were not stopped, they would cause irreparable loss to the country's secular warp and woof.
  • “We have an irresponsible and irresponsive federal bureaucracy that is unable to deal with the issue of illegal immigrants,” said state Sen. Joe Haynes, D-Goodlettsville, the sponsor of the only immigration bill that the legislature passed last year It’s Different on the Front Line
  • He observed no sort of moderation, such as befitted a private man, either in rewarding or in punishing; the recompense of his friends and guests was absolute power over cities, and irresponsible authority, and the only satisfaction of his wrath was the destruction of his enemy; banishment would not suffice. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
  • Now, I don´t mean to harp on this subject but some readers have, in turn, harped on my irresponsible inattention to my surroundings when I was pickpocketed in the Ajijic WalMart parking lot but listen to this folks. Secure Parking Lots
  • The pity is that it probably was up until after 2000 and a blatantly dishonest, arrogantly self-focused, irresponsible and unconscionable sociopath was elected president and we see what that cost us. Political family names bring shame as well as fame
  • Sulaiman Musbah and his brother and some other Zuwaya went to Benghazi to protest about the irresponsible withdrawal of the police.
  • The following passage underscores my point that it is impossible, or at least irresponsible, to comprehend female literary consumption in antebellum America without including British reprints in the discussion. Acting 'Natural': Vanity Fair and the UnMasking of Anglo-American Sentiment
  • It is a profoundly irresponsible approach to statecraft; the future it portends is desolate.
  • Any such individual action would be irresponsible and unwarranted and would serve no useful purpose.
  • A gentleman complained that one morning his bank did not open on time, because the door key was mislaid by an irresponsible bank clerk.
  • It has helped us to understand why medicines do not always work as we might hope, why irresponsible use of antibiotics has bred superbugs, how the AIDS virus does its terrible work.
  • As a result, Republicans in general and Ryan in particular have become increasingly defensive and angry, complaining loudly that the Democrats are engaging in "Mediscare," what they call an irresponsible and demagogic attempt to transform a serious national problem into an opportunity for crass partisan advantage. Jonathan Weiler: Republicans, Medicare and the Golden Rule
  • ‘Any screwball who says this is blaming employees is doing nothing more than making irresponsible speculation,’ he said.
  • There is also the accent of his irresponsible courtiership, the facile and unashamed flattery he paid to such a woman as Princess Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873
  • It was also criticised as irresponsible for endorsing a slimming product. The Sun
  • In his first public appearance since the scandal erupted, Woods apologized for what he called selfish and irresponsible behavior. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • Also, could someone please help bedwetter Mike K understand what happens when a fiscally irresponsible party spends a decade hiding all of its spending? Matthew Yglesias » The Real Deficit Choices
  • Thick patchy fog and irresponsible driving were to blame.
  • This does not mean that genuine fascism has arrived as a real political force in America; but it does mean the groundwork is being created for just such a nightmare, by irresponsible politicians tapping into terrible forces beyond their ability to control. Balloon Juice » 2005 » February
  • It would be irresponsible to turn such a man loose on society.
  • As much as I like the college world, it has done a huge disservice to many people because it has allowed them to remain immature and irresponsible for longer than people of my parents 'or grandparents' generation. Texas Lawmaker Proposes Guns On Campus
  • To play fast and loose now means to behave in a deceitful or irresponsible manner. shell game This old gambling game (earlier known as thimblerig), in which the operator openly places a pea under one of three walnut shells, then rapidly shifts the shells around and challenges a sucker to bet on the location of the pea, has given its name to any kind of chicanery or subterfuge. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 2
  • Thick patchy fog and irresponsible driving were to blame.
  • I had been branded as lazy and irresponsible, so it felt right when I, too, dropped out of college and wound up living back in Raleigh.
  • Dave Weigel of the Washington Post has accused Sarah Palin of "irresponsible and pathetic bullying" in her quick militance to demonize McGinniss as some sort of sleazy stalker with an eye on the daily activities of her children. Sarah Palin Erects Border Fence Around Her House (PHOTO)
  • This is the language one traditionally associates with authoritarian rulers who regard social protests to be merely the work of irresponsible agitators.
  • One version of the history of French art between the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789 and the establishment of the Second Empire in 1852 goes something like this: Just as the French Revolution deposed the irresponsible ancienne régime, Neo-Classical images of high-minded heroes replaced Rococo confections of frivolous aristocrats pursuing love in flowery settings. Drawn to Revolution
  • Can't you see what a disingenous, vacuous, irresponsible twirp our former prime minister really is? John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the...
  • A North Yorkshire Police orator said: 'First as well as foremost, shoplifting is the rapist corruption as well as to justify this march of action under any circumstances is rarely irresponsible. Poor? Go ahead and steal. - Shoryuken
  • The letters and calls that hit the paper complained of irresponsible journalism.
  • Community this week filed a motion to dismiss what it called an irresponsible lawsuit. Tenet Rejects Latest Bid From Community Health
  • You've said some things that I myself have been trying to convey and have been "trolled" for as people assume that I am "defending" his poor, irresponsible decision. KSL / U.S. / National
  • Ministers have already unveiled plans to put risk warnings on ads under a crackdown on irresponsible behaviour. The Sun
  • Many feared they would face bigger bills and more bureaucracy, while irresponsible owners would ignore the law. Times, Sunday Times
  • If we love the creatures of earth, who are so gaily irresponsible, so full of zest, we shall share with them the large-hearted merriment of comradeship, and find that the blessing of the helpless is the key to unlock the world. The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing
  • Born the son of a wealthy cloth merchant, Francis lived a lavish and irresponsible life.
  • The Inkatha Freedom Party's threat to resort to a mass action campaign to "neutralise" the crossing-of-the-floor legislation is short-sighted and irresponsible, the New National Party said on ANC Daily News Briefing
  • To assume that a faculty member was denied tenure because of race or gender is as irresponsible as assuming that he or she was tenured on the basis of skin color rather than achievement.
  • Evans released a statement recently demanding Pelosi's resignation as speaker because of what he called her "grossly irresponsible behavior" in accusing the CIA of not being truthful about what was said during a security briefing back in 2002. Pelosi galore - poli
  • But the financial constraints that the department faced meant that it would have been irresponsible to try to avoid them. Times, Sunday Times
  • It's true that a lot of his arguments can seem like the ravings of a Luddite: his accusation, for instance, that modern lawyers and doctors make people more irresponsible and greedy.
  • Apple's iPod has largely been responsible for the problems now faced by Sirius and XM -- problems which have been acerbated by the irresponsible over-spending on programming by Sirius's CEO Karmazin, who should not be bailed out by the FCC in allowing the merger. My Hyperbole Was Wrong - TheCharlieWarnerReport
  • Men who want to avoid paying child support are seen as irresponsible playboys.
  • This proliferating self-examination, however, has often been seen as an unlikeable, irresponsible tendency in contemporary literature.
  • Not only was she too old for that, but her behavior tended to the mature, the managing; she was no irresponsible hoyden. ALL ABOUT LOVE
  • The parties accused de Gaulle of preparing a plebiscite; the General accused them of coveting an irresponsible, omnipotent assembly.
  • But he urged the company to stand firm so potential investors knew employers ‘will not be blackmailed by irresponsible threats from unions’.
  • The industry watchdog added that although it might make women think about their body shapes, it was not irresponsible. The Sun
  • Don't these irresponsible owners realise they are killing their pets? The Sun
  • Some elements of the satirical model are more easily visible than the others: the critique of technocracy, and of socially irresponsible behavior, for example.
  • You do not have to be a political expert or a brilliant analyst of the Israeli situation in order to understand that our parliament represents us: "populistic, declamatory, irresponsible and saturated with racism" (Haaretz). Avraham Burg: American Jews, You Are Next
  • The whole system just seems totally irresponsible that you could say things like that about people without any comeback. Times, Sunday Times
  • That leader must be bold enough to say that devolution is working badly because it is inadequate, that the denial of fiscal autonomy makes for irresponsible and incompetent government.
  • Mr. Holder also lashed out at Republican critics for using what he called "irresponsible and inflammatory rhetoric. Holder Defends Stance in Gun-Running Probe
  • Call him irresponsible if you want, but Charlie Ford is going to ride around.
  • To have conducted the investigation in any other manner would have been grossly irresponsible.
  • It seems to confirm what we always suspected - that Austrian wine, like Strauss operettas, is frivolous and irresponsible and only for swigging by the jugful.
  • Do not want to cause so-called family, in fact, irresponsible guys who high-sounding excuse!
  • I fail to see why such an irresponsible attitude should be a problem for taxpayers to deal with. The Sun
  • By acting in this irresponsible manner they have not only provided a grist to the mill of the communalists and regional chauvinists but have also damaged the credibility of the coalition ministry.
  • Of course, he wasn't stupid or irresponsible enough to abscond completely.
  • Freegans in New York and Seattle claim to have subsisted for years by dining out surreptitiously at their neighbourhood dumpsters, undermining meal by meal the evil corporations' irresponsible pursuit of profit.
  • Any board that proceeded to implement the change would be considered irresponsible. Times, Sunday Times
  • Making a generalised and sweeping statement on every politician and the whole system was an irresponsible act.
  • But what the BJP is doing now is totally irresponsible behaviour.
  • It would be irresponsible to follow another car at 80mph only three cars' lengths behind. Times, Sunday Times
  • If Rose wants to behave like an irresponsible teenager, that's her affair.
  • Until Taylor's lame-ass retraction, at which point a number of commenters call him on his irresponsible rumour-mongering, whereupon Taylor comes back with a beaut: And this is where we juxtapose ...
  • We filled 13 large black bin bags with the varied detritus of irresponsible litter-bugs.
  • It makes me really sad to see how irresponsible, rude and bad-mannered many seem to be.
  • It is irresponsible and it should not be engaged in, and it should not be countenanced.
  • We will be using some of the money to repay the loan for the 3G pitch, it would be irresponsible not to do that. Times, Sunday Times
  • We are getting tough with those few irresponsible retailers. Times, Sunday Times
  • Why do I keep fretting that President Obama's wonderful "housing plan" -- which news reports say could cost "around" 75 billion -- will end up forcing abstentious, responsible people to, in effect, buy homes for irresponsible dimwits with poor impulse control who bought way more house than they could pay for? he assured us last Tuesday night that "it's a plan that won't help speculators or that neighbor down the street who bought a house he could never hope to afford. Telegraph Blogs
  • That's a very irresponsible attitude for a senior churchman to adopt! ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
  • Such conditions make the prospect of income tax rises not only improbable but economically irresponsible. Times, Sunday Times
  • To pretend ignorance of the situation would be irresponsible.
  • ‘A bunch of irresponsible adventurers and conspirators has taken the path of seizing power with force,’ he said, adding that he planned to return at some stage.
  • The irresponsible behaviour of the few can no longer be allowed to tarnish the reputation and the contribution of the many. Times, Sunday Times
  • Whether this attitude has been due to a sincere belief in the Allies 'professed ideals, or whether by the fixing of blame on an irresponsible official who has exceeded his authority, the French are being offered a loophole to retreat from an intenable position without "losing face," I don't know. Peking Dust
  • Flying is nerve-wracking at the best of times, and it only takes one stupid and irresponsible person to turn a holiday flight into an airborne nightmare.
  • Indeed, a person married to a cruel or irresponsible spouse had little recourse but to run away or accept the unhappy situation. America Past and Present
  • The irresponsible behaviour of the few can no longer be allowed to tarnish the reputation and the contribution of the many. Times, Sunday Times
  • If giving advice, advisers will have to consider whether you can afford the mortgage, in an attempt to stem irresponsible lending.
  • If there is a real sense of grievance leading to industrial action then there is no such thing as an'irresponsible strike '. Times, Sunday Times
  • GAME chiefs were blasted as'irresponsible' yesterday after a publicity stunt caused gridlock during rush hour. The Sun
  • His world of irresponsible young men let loose in the playground of colonial Ireland set the tone for much of Anglo-Irish fiction, notably the ‘rollicking’ novels of Charles Lever who did not scruple to plagiarize him.
  • It would be irresponsible to assert that information technologies can counteract any or all external economic shocks.
  • I think we've made it abundantly clear that we who pay the taxes have had enough of subsidising the indolent, improvident, and irresponsible. In health care reform debate, Obama puts focus on affordability
  • It is totally irresponsible what we are left with. Times, Sunday Times
  • The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior
  • At least 200 skiers a year worldwide are killed in accidents, many of which are related to irresponsible holidaymakers ‘bombing’ down runs with little regard for those below them.
  • Money loves hardworking, responsible and enterprising people. Money dislikes lazy, irresponsible and passive people. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • However, it acknowledged that evidence on irresponsible airside alcohol sales remained largely anecdotal. Times, Sunday Times
  • We are appalled at the irresponsible attitude you have displayed in condoning such anti-social behaviour.
  • Deutsche Boerse believes the proposal by Nasdaq and ICE would burden shareholders with irresponsible leverage, eliminate a competitor and face insurmountable antitrust risk," it said.
  • Who are these feckless, irresponsible moochers using bankruptcy to avoid paying legitimate debts?
  • Born the son of a wealthy cloth merchant, Francis lived a lavish and irresponsible life.
  • The RSC letter, headed by Rep. Patrick McHenry R-N.C., states that the 72 Republican Members who signed it believe the super committee should under no circumstances approve a deal that includes tax increases, which they call 'irresponsible and dangerous.' HUFFPOST HILL - Scott Brown Probably Only Saw Half Of 'Margin Call'
  • They are terribly irresponsible and spend all their free time drinking with their friends.
  • The first is that governments should not bail out bankers for their irresponsible behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
  • My concern is especially for the innocents who are maimed or killed though the irresponsible behaviour of the motorbike drivers causing the problems.
  • Training them and keeping them as "pets" is somewhat irresponsible, IMHO. Day in the Life of an Idiot
  • The whole slanderous rhetoric about Obama's 'relationship' with Ayers is just dangerous and irresponsible fuelling for some redneck gunhappy yobbo who loves his country and wants to be famous, to assassinate Obama. Christians and Obama
  • It was also criticised as irresponsible for endorsing a slimming product. The Sun
  • A coastguard spokesman said: 'It was irresponsible. The Sun
  • So this centre offers the delicious prospect of a group of Tories, backed by the realistic and Labour-voting working class, in passionate opposition to the irresponsible metropolitan smoothies within their own party.
  • Freedom of speech is the lifeblood of democracy, but good reputation must be protected against irresponsible journalism. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is totally irresponsible what we are left with. Times, Sunday Times
  • This is not simply incoherent and irresponsible, but a monument to self-contradiction. A civil rights official disgraces himself
  • Pesticide storage areas should be placarded and locked away from children, irresponsible adults and animals.
  • The whole system just seems totally irresponsible that you could say things like that about people without any comeback. Times, Sunday Times
  • Announcing big increases in budget speeches and conference speeches without consultation is an irresponsible way to make policy on such an important issue. Times, Sunday Times
  • Many might consider such behaviour to be irresponsible. Times, Sunday Times
  • In different families the same behavior will be defined as feisty or rude, sensitive or cowardly, endearing or irresponsible. THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE
  • The brother is irresponsible, more open-minded and free-spirited than his sister, but trapped in a kind of endless reaction against the confinement of his upbringing.
  • Teaching American history without stirring accounts of non-white heroes and cultures is irresponsible as well as divisive.
  • It is irresponsible and reckless to loosely talk about one of the most divisive, hurtful symbols in American history.
  • "That's an instance of irresponsible behaviour by the management of a pub.
  • You think a dashing, irresponsible hansom is more in keeping with the Factory Girls 'Club or some giddy Whitechapel frivolity!' The Convert
  • In my view, the notions that you espouse are the ultimate in excusing irresponsible conduct. Bush Administration v. Environmental Groups
  • Simply put: it's wasteful and irresponsible to squander our precious resources on a luxury item like meat.
  • Idealistically believing we could usher in an Aquarian Age of Love was perhaps naive, but was not, and is not now, irresponsible.
  • It was his Gospel he referred to as his unpublished book, his doctrine of Selfishness, and of Man the irresponsible Machine. Mark Twain: A Biography
  • The problem is that if these irresponsible narcissists get publicity, talk show and tv time and fame and promote their desire for moneymaking opportunities ... it will encourage others to do the same stupid stunts and maybe one of them will be carrying plastic explosives, poison, or some other nonmetal weopen, thus endangering our President, his family, staff, and guests. ... 'Crashers' investigation deepens
  • In so doing, the organisation can fracture families and, potentially, tie youngsters into a spiral of irresponsible and dangerous behaviour.
  • It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.
  • It would be irresponsible for me to downplay the magnitude of this crisis or assure you that everything is under control.
  • Irresponsible charges of bigotry are about as low as you can get, being only about one step up from bigotry itself.
  • What is it to say about the historical potency of people power in challenging systems of entrenched and irresponsible power of this kind, of which it is itself a part?
  • First of all Jonson was a classicist, that is, he believed in restraint and precedent in art in opposition to the prevalent ungoverned and irresponsible Renaissance spirit. Every Man in His Humor
  • The truth, bluntly, is that he is an irresponsible know-nothing.
  • Then he had been wild, impulsive, sometimes irresponsible and uncaring, whereas now he had matured and become a man. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM

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