IRRESPONSIBLE

irresponsible

(adjective) showing lack of care for consequences; “behaved like an irresponsible idiot”; “hasty and irresponsible action”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

irresponsible (comparative more irresponsible, superlative most irresponsible)

(now, rare) Not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable.

Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.

Noun

irresponsible (plural irresponsibles)

Someone who is not responsible.

Source: Wiktionary


Ir`re*spon"si*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. ir- not + responsible: cf. F. irresponsable.]

1. Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.

2. Not to be trusted; unreliable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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