IRRESPONS'IBLE, adjective [in and responsible.] Not responsible; not liable or able to answer for consequences; not answerable.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
irresponsible
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign