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Irresponsible vs Lazy - What's the difference?

irresponsible | lazy |

As adjectives the difference between irresponsible and lazy

is that irresponsible is lacking a sense of responsibility; incapable of or not chargeable with responsibility; unable to respond to obligation while lazy is unwilling to do work or make an effort.

As a noun irresponsible

is someone who is not responsible.

As a verb lazy is

to laze, act in a lazy manner.

irresponsible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking a sense of responsibility; incapable of or not chargeable with responsibility; unable to respond to obligation.
  • Not responsible; not subject to responsibility; not to be held accountable, or called into question.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who is not responsible.

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    lazy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Unwilling to do work or make an effort.
  • Requiring little or no effort.
  • Relaxed or leisurely.
  • (label) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
  • (label) Turned so that the letter is horizontal instead of vertical.
  • (label) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
  • wicked; vicious
    • (Ben Jonson)

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "lazy" is often applied: person, man, woman, bastard, morning, day, time, way.

    Synonyms

    * (unwilling to work) bone-idle, idle, indolent, slothful, work-shy * See also

    Derived terms

    * laze * laziness * lazybones * lazy evaluation * lazy eye * lazy Susan

    Verb

  • (label) To laze, act in a lazy manner
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