無責任|むせきにんmusekinin[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, na-adjectiveirresponsibility
    彼かれは怠惰たいだで無責任むせきにんだった。結局けっきょく、彼かれは退社たいしゃを命めいじられた。↗
    He was lazy and irresponsible. Thus, he was told to leave the company.
Conjugation
Plain form無責任(むせきにん)
Polite (desu)無責任です(むせきにんです)
Negative (dewa nai)無責任ではない(むせきにんではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)無責任ではありません(むせきにんではありません)
Past (datta)無責任だった(むせきにんだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)無責任ではなかった(むせきにんではなかった)
Te form (de)無責任で(むせきにんで)
Adverbial (ni)無責任に(むせきにんに)
Conditional (nara)無責任なら(むせきにんなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonymいい加減いいかげんCasualColloquial. Covers being careless or half-hearted, and also 'enough already', as in 「いい加減にしろ」; 「無責任」 focuses on lacking a sense of responsibility.
  • SynonymちゃらんぽらんCasualColloquial. Describes slapdash, unreliable behavior with a frivolous air; 「無責任」 centers on the lack of a sense of responsibility.
  • RelatedでたらめCasualColloquial. Refers to talking nonsense, saying things with no basis, as in 「でたらめを言う」; 「無責任」 is about not taking responsibility.
  • Antonym責任感せきにんかんNeutralNeutral. The sense of responsibility that carries things through to the end, as in 「責任感が強い」; the direct opposite of 「無責任」.
  • Antonym責任あるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Responsible and willing to answer for one's actions, as in 「責任ある態度」; stands opposite 「無責任」.

Use 「無責任」 for lacking a sense of responsibility, as in 「無責任な発言」. For careless or half-hearted attitudes say 「いい加減」, for slapdash frivolity 「ちゃらんぽらん」, for baseless talk 「出鱈目」; the opposites are 「責任感」 and 「責任ある」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 責任感せきにんかんの無ないこと。
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