無責任

むせきにん

Meanings

1. Noun, な-adjective irresponsibility

Kanji

• 無 without. Read as ム.
• 責 blame. Read as セキ.
• 任 entrust. Read as ニン.

Example sentences

• 共同責任は無責任になる。
  What's everybody's business is nobody's business.
• その男は私を無責任だと非難した。
  The man charged me with being irresponsible.
• この無責任なうわさの源を突き止めたいと思う。
  I want to find out the source of this irresponsible rumor.
• 約束を破るとは彼も無責任だ。
  It was irresponsible of him to break a promise.
• 約束を破るなんて無責任だ。
  It is irresponsible of you to break your promise.

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