Antonyms of adj responsible

3 senses of responsible

Sense 1
responsible (vs. irresponsible) -- (worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable; "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament")

irresponsible (vs. responsible) -- (showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action")
        => carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy -- (cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth")
        => do-nothing (prenominal) -- (characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility; "a do-nothing government")
        => feckless -- (not fit to assume responsibility)
        => idle, loose -- (lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue")
        => trigger-happy -- (irresponsible in the use of firearms)
        => unaccountable -- (free from control or responsibility)
        => unreliable -- (lacking a sense of responsibility)

Sense 2
responsible, responsible for (predicate) -- (being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage")

INDIRECT (VIA causative) -> noncausative, noncausal -- (not causative)

Sense 3
creditworthy, responsible -- (having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower")

INDIRECT (VIA trustworthy) -> untrustworthy, untrusty -- (not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person")

Similarity of adj responsible

3 senses of responsible

Sense 1
responsible (vs. irresponsible) -- (worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable; "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament")
       => accountable -- (liable to account for one's actions; "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"; "fully accountable for what they did"; "the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism"; "he was answerable to no one")
       => answerable -- (morally or legally responsible to a higher authority; "parents are answerable for their child's acts")
       => amenable -- (liable to answer to a higher authority; "the president is amenable to the constitutional court")
       => liable -- (held legally responsible; "men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service")
       => trustworthy -- (taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations; "trustworthy public servants")
          Also See-> obligated#1; prudent#1; trustworthy#1, trusty#1

Sense 2
responsible, responsible for (predicate) -- (being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage")
       => causative (vs. noncausative) -- (producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime")

Sense 3
creditworthy, responsible -- (having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower")
       => trustworthy (vs. untrustworthy), trusty -- (worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion")

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