Unconscious vs Irresponsible - What's the difference?
unconscious | irresponsible |
Not awake; having no awareness.
Without directed thought or awareness.
(sports) engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
* 1998 , Charles Rosen, The Cockroach Basketball League , page 144
* 1999 , Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange , page 10
* 2002 , Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure , page 292
(psychology) The unconscious mind
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.
As adjectives the difference between unconscious and irresponsible
is that unconscious is not awake; having no awareness while irresponsible is lacking a sense of responsibility; incapable of or not chargeable with responsibility; unable to respond to obligation.As nouns the difference between unconscious and irresponsible
is that unconscious is (psychology) the unconscious mind while irresponsible is someone who is not responsible.unconscious
English
(Unconscious mind)Adjective
(en adjective)- She lay unconscious on the floor.
- My sudden fright was an unconscious response.
- Sam is unconscious , filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often.
- "I was unconscious ," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."
- Someone who has reeled off a string of baskets will say, "I was unconscious," as if he were following the Zen injunction to be mindful while suspending thought.