Irresponsible Sentence Examples

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  • How could she say he was irresponsible when she had left hers out in a storm?

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  • Dean sensed part of her was upset by her husband's irresponsible actions.

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  • Why would it be irresponsible of you?

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  • In short, the First Consul now became the irresponsible ruler of France, governing the country through the ministry, the Council of State and the Senate.

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  • The king is irresponsible, and executive power is vested in him alone.

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  • Probably it would be truer to say that he riots in the pleasures of discussion, and in setting tasks to other irresponsible and ingenious spirits.

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  • For the restoration of the text, however, scripts the works of ancient scholars on its readings and modes of writing are more important than the manuscripts; which, however elegantly they may be written and ornamented, proceed from irresponsible copyists.

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  • Alex had always taken care of his family, but was it irresponsible to assume he always would?

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  • The latter, entrusted to irresponsible subordinates, degenerated into a despotism which brought the system into great discredit.

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  • Regardless of how irresponsible the woman was, she presumably possessed natural maternal instincts for her child.

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  • Would that have been more irresponsible than what actually happened?

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  • On the other hand, in Russia opposition to the war, which had never been popular, gradually became the central feature of a widespread movement against irresponsible government.

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  • Before the end of the year he was forced to admit that the cause of the French monarchy was hopeless so long as the king and queen of France were nothing but captives in their own capital, at the mercy of an irresponsible mob.

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  • As an actress Nell Gwyn was largely indebted to Dryden, who seems to have made a special study of her airy, irresponsible personality, and who kept her supplied with parts which suited her.

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  • Like anti-Semites elsewhere, the Christian Socialists were reckless and irresponsible, appealing directly to the passions and prejudices of the most ignorant.

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  • It's irresponsible not to know that stuff.

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  • The " easing out " approach is socially irresponsible.

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  • It serves him right for being so irresponsible!

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  • It isn't that he's irresponsible.

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  • Once elected, the gerontes held office for life and were irresponsible.

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  • In the exercise of their office the members of both delegations are irresponsible, enjoying constitutional immunity.

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  • What was once noble morphed into irresponsible rebellion.

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  • Incarceration was no doubt practised by irresponsible masters, regardless of personal rights, callous to the sufferings of their victims, to which death by starvation or horrible neglect was a welcome relief.

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  • The theory behind this action is that if you are irresponsible with your finances, you may be that way in your driving habits.

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  • In the war with Pisa he had observed the insubordination and untrustworthiness of soldiers gathered from the dregs of different districts, serving under egotistical and irresponsible commanders.

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  • In the exercise of its duty as the protector of the laws it must have had power to inhibit in the Four Hundred, or in the Ecclesia, a measure which it judged unconstitutional or in any way prejudicial to the state, and in the levy of fines for violation of law or moral usage it remained irresponsible.

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  • Although the authority of the president is carefully defined and limited by the Constitution, the exercise of dictatorial powers has been so common that the executive may be considered practically supreme and irresponsible.

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  • I mean, it would be utterly irresponsible to get this far and then not complete it.

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  • She wasn't irresponsible, a blabbermouth or a liar – contrary to what both of them seemed to think.

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  • The symbolism of his death made people aware that their society had become callous, irresponsible and selfish.

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  • In these days of political correctness the actions of a few irresponsible anglers can give the antis more ammunition.

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  • Marco's irresponsible attitude inadvertently puts his mother's life in grave danger.

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  • This, however, does not prevent the reactionaries and irresponsible demagogues from indulging in false patriotic manifestations and provocations.

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  • It is grossly irresponsible of the Green lobby to play with people's livelihoods on the basis of a biased economic report.

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  • And that's not only incredibly selfish, it's downright irresponsible.

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  • He attacked with patriotic eloquence the "irresponsible influences " at Court and the shortcomings of the Ministry of War in preparing for the inevitable conflict with Germany.

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  • He certainly wont smoke in this film because I think it would be irresponsible.

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  • Unfortunately, teenagers often have the impression that nothing will happen to them, regardless of how irresponsible they are.

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  • Talk to kids about the dangers of alcohol abuse, especially for girls, who may become pregnant and/or contract an STD due to irresponsible behavior while drunk.

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  • It is irresponsible and illegal to kill a deer just for its rack.

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  • Even the American Psychiatric Association published a statement calling Tom's recommendation that women treat postpartum depression with vitamins and exercise "irresponsible."

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  • The team later went on to be featured elsewhere, both before and after the lawsuit that resulted in a statement from the Center for Science in the Public Interest saying that the ad was, "unfair, misleading and irresponsible".

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  • More often than not, when you buy a knockoff, you are supporting an industry that treats people badly and is generally irresponsible.

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  • The media often likes to publish stories saying Americans are financially irresponsible.

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  • In addition, while it is perhaps possible to teach children's yoga without a special certification, baby yoga is entirely different from adult yoga; teaching it without a certification would be irresponsible.

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  • They have also been accused of trying to make readers understand how irresponsible Kate is by showcasing her kids.

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  • Something deep inside said that if Allen were six years older and had a child, he'd still be as irresponsible as he was now.

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  • You're the one who tacked on the reasoning that he had become irresponsible.

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  • Thus, preserved alike from foreign invasion and from domestic rebellion, the long line of subsequent nawabs had given way to that neglect of public affairs and those private vices which naturally flow from irresponsible power.

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  • He was grossly attacked by the Opposition in parliament and by irresponsible critics, of the type of Byron, outside; historians, bred in the atmosphere of mid-Victorian Liberalism, have re-echoed the cry against him and the government of which he was the most distinguished member; but history has largely justified his attitude.

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  • The grand design of Sully, the organization of a Christian Republic of the European nations for the preservation of peace, was but the invention of an irresponsible minister, soured by defeat and wishing to impress posterity.

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  • To perpetuate racism and xenophobia through our media is not only antisocial and grossly irresponsible, it is well nigh criminal.

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  • It's criminally irresponsible to allow monsters like Winston Churchill to appear in books.

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  • To use false rumors to spread fears of a mass cull is utterly irresponsible.

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  • It would be environmentally irresponsible - and would not work.

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  • In the context of livestock/arable farms next urban settlements, taking access to enclosed land should be deemed irresponsible.

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  • It would seem particularly irresponsible to do this, even tho it may be legal.

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  • It would also be considered irresponsible to train some one of less than 18 at a training school.

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  • To repeat uncritically a series of unfounded claims made by neoconservative commentators would be irresponsible journalism at any time.

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  • Legal time limits mark an unnecessary restriction, implying that without this imposition women would make irresponsible choices at a late stage in pregnancy.

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  • Pericles also incurred unpopularity because of his rationalism in religious matters; yet Athens in his time was becoming ripe for the new culture, and would have done better to receive it from men of his circle - Anaxagoras, Zeno, Protagoras and Meton - than from the more irresponsible sophists.

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  • Mass meetings were held in Buenos Aires, and it fell specially to the lot of Dr del Valle, who was an able orator as well as a sincere patriot, to expose the irresponsible and corrupt character of the administration, and the terrible dangers that threatened the republic through its reckless extravagance and financial improvidence.

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  • This measure, which placed the whole powers of the state - executive, legislative, military and judicial - in the hands of one irresponsible and permanent chamber, "the horridest arbitrariness that ever was exercised in the world," Cromwell and the army determined to resist at all costs.

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  • The sovereign is irresponsible, the ministers, the signature of one of whom is required to give validity to royal decrees, being responsible.

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  • Though the young emperor was of too phlegmatic a temperament to be carried away by the prevailing excitement and of too practical a turn of mind to adopt wholesale the doctrinaire theories of his selfconstituted, irresponsible advisers, he recognized that great administrative and economic changes were required, and after a short period of hesitation he entered on a series of drastic reforms, of which the most important were the emancipation of the serfs, the thorough reorganization of the judicial administration and the development of local self-government.

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  • The temptation may be high to let the irresponsible coworker know just how irritating his or her lack of reliability is but lashing out will make a negligent coworker even more defensive.

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  • It's irresponsible to address the demand, "Give me the symptoms of stress" without discussing autoimmune diseases and sleep disturbance.

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  • You may have financial stress because you lost your job or because you've been irresponsible with your finances.

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  • These instances are extremely isolated, and passengers can protect themselves by avoiding any horseplay or irresponsible behavior on balconies or open decks.

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  • For example, certain dog breeds are prone to genetic health problems and purchasing a dog from an irresponsible breeder can increase the odds of your dog having medical problems.

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  • Overpopulation, due to irresponsible owners and breeders, is a major contributor to canine homelessness.

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  • If the rider or person injured was behaving in an irresponsible, reckless fashion, their claim against the park will be drastically weakened.

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  • Remember, people who call themselves hunters but act in an inconsiderate or irresponsible way are the ones who give hunting a bad name.

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  • Children of permissive parents may be disrespectful, disobedient, aggressive, irresponsible, and defiant.

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  • These individuals are impulsive, irresponsible, and callous.

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  • They often have a history of violent and irresponsible behavior, aggressive and even violent relationships.

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  • Some include family breakdown, irresponsible fatherhood or motherhood, premature motherhood, birth out of wedlock, or the death of one or both parents.

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  • Parents who shower attention on the baby of the family are most likely to find themselves with an irresponsible youngest child.

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  • Although the stigma of unplanned teenage pregnancy has eased in recent years, many women say they continue to be perceived as immature and irresponsible by older mothers.

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  • Their strong sense of personal responsibility often causes them much consternationif they feel they have been irresponsible in any way.

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  • Sometimes a Virgo will worry obsessively about the smallest detail of a project.Virgos worry about not doing a job well enough or acting irresponsible in some way because they have a very strong sense of responsibility.

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  • She wasn't irresponsible, a blabbermouth or a liar – contrary to what both of them seemed to think.

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  • From the first the attempt to rouse the denomination to organized effort for the propagation of the gospel met with much opposition, agents of the Convention being looked upon by the less intelligent pastors and churches as highly-paid and irresponsible collectors of money to be used they knew not how, or for purposes of which they disapproved.

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  • She thought it was irresponsible of me not to be involved with the finances.

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  • Freedom in the sense of complete liberty of choice would seem to lead to the conclusion that free agents are irresponsible, unaccountable.

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  • The labour unions took advantage of this trouble to force Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado and several other states to pass anti-Pinkerton statutes making it illegal to import irresponsible armed men from a distance to quell local disturbances.

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  • The high commissioner is irresponsible, but his decrees, except in certain specified cases, must be countersigned by a member of his council.

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  • The first recognition of a disease may be at a necropsy, but then usually by irresponsible pathologists; it is another matter when the physician himself comes under rebuke for failing to seize a way to cure, while the chance remained to him, by section of the abdomen during life.

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  • Incredible as it may seem, the expedition to place the false Demetrius on the Muscovite throne was a private speculation of a few Lithuanian magnates, and similar enterprises on the part of other irresponsible noblemen on the Danube or Dniester brought upon unhappy Poland retaliatory Tatar raids, which reduced whole provinces to ashes.

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  • The entire duties of administration were suffered to remain in the hands of the nawab, while a few irresponsible English traders had drawn to themselves all real power.

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  • The Republican leaders straightway quarrelled among themselves, thus starting the long series of factional strifes which have characterized the party politics of New York state; the bitterness of the factions and the irresponsible council of appointment are also responsible for the firm establishment early in the Republican regime of the " spoils system."

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  • Above all, the attempt to set up the general council as an ordinary institution of the Catholic Church failed; and the Roman papacy, restored at Constance, preserved its irresponsible and unlimited power over the government of the Church.

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  • The British authorities steadily maintained that, at least until the mass of the people became educated, representative institutions would merely screen irresponsible oligarchies.

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  • Simultaneously with this " irresponsible " movement for expansion, President Kruger proceeded to London to interview Lord Derby and endeavour to induce him to dispense with the suzerainty, and to withdraw other clauses in the Pretoria Convention on foreign relations and natives, which were objectionable from the Boer point of view.

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  • He was appointed a privy councillor, groom of the stole and first gentleman of the bedchamber, and though merely an irresponsible confidant, without a seat in parliament or in the cabinet, he was in reality prime minister, and the only person trusted with the king's wishes and confidence.

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